Possibilities

RIC_6167-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Only those who will risk going too far,

can possibly find out how far one can go. 

T. S. Eliot

Non-violence

RIC_6175-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence,

so one must learn the art of dying in the training for non-violence.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Joy

RIC_6125-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

He who binds to himself a joy

Doth the wingéd life destroy

But he who kisses the joy as it flies

Lives in Eternity’s sun rise.

William Blake

Capacity to be alone

RIC_6171-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The capacity to be alone thus becomes linked

with self-discovery and self-realization;

with becoming aware of one’s deepest needs, feelings, and impulses.

Anthony Storr, Solitude: A Return to the Self

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Own wings

RIC_5011-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

No bird soars too high,
if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake, The Narriage of Heven and Hell

The Days

RCC_9469, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The days are too short for love;

how can there ever be time for quarrelling?

Margaret Gatty

Freedom

RIC_9369
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Freedom is indivisible.

Desmond Tutu, John Allen, Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu

Solitude

When you cease to fear your solitude, a new creativity awakens in you.  ...  You come home to yourself and learn to rest within.

John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom