Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir, The Yosemite, 1912 US (Scottish-born) conservationist & naturalist (1838 – 1914)
“What an astonishing thing a book is…” Carl Sagan
What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly
“If today were the last day of my life …” – Steve Jobs
If Today Was The Last Day Of Your Life..Would You Wanna Do What You Are About To Do? Full Text: When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like, “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me…
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world” Robin Williams
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn’t know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he’d done. Robin Williams was a great entertainer, a great comedian, a
“Good friends, good books, a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life” – Mark Twain
What does sleepy conscience mean in Mark Twain’s quote, “Good friends, good books, a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life”? According to Mark Twain, his definition of an ideal or perfect life, is the company of good friends, read good books and not be too overly bothered by our conscience (our inner sense of