“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”

Maria Montessori

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Flickr photo: sparkling, by wcmcwi

“Every second the Earth is struck by four and one-half pounds of sunlight.”

Einstein Revealed

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Flickr photo: Green Paradise, by Richard0

“One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself,
“What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?”

~ Rachel Carson

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Flickr photo: sometimes the underside of beauty is still beauty, by psyberartist

“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated.
You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

~ David Lloyd George

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Flickr photo: (untitled), by dawnzy58

“And men spend their lives adding and subtracting and dictating letters
when they secretly long to write sonnets and play the violin and burst into tears at the sunset.”

~ Brenda Ueland

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Flickr photo: Day’s End, by KM Photography

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There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable
ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft.
I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.

~ Joyce Brothers

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Flickr photo: Exe Estuary Creek, by me’nthedogs’

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“If stories come to you, care for them.
And learn to give them away where they are needed.
Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.”

~ Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams, via Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind

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Flickr photo: Little Venice – Prince Alfred Pub, by ktylerconk

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“Genius is an African who dreams up snow.”
Vladimir Nabokov

Flickr photo: Winter Meal, by Jan Tik

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“Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down,
lift your heart toward heaven like a hungry beggar,
ask that it be filled and it will be filled.”
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Flickr photo: pantheon pilaster, looking up, by antmoose

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“Today I am grateful for detours.”
~ aussiegall

Flickr photo: 30 Days of Gratitude – Day 22, by aussiegall,
aka Louise Docker of Looking Glass Images

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