“If you fall seventy times a day,
rise seventy times and return to God
so that you will not fall too often.”
~ Johannes Tauler
Age is Not Measured
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Romance and Adventure
“Love is a portion of the soul itself,
and it is of the same nature as
the celestial breathing of the
atmosphere of paradise.”
Forests of Silver Pine
“To me a lush carpet
of pine needles or spongy grass
is more welcome than the
most luxurious Persian rug.”
~ Helen Keller
Autumn’s Best of Cheer
“Delicious Autumn!
My very soul is wedded to it,
and I were a bird I would fly about
the Earth seeking the successive autumns.”
~ George Eliot
Ribbit, Croak, Bark, and Grunt
“Nature is my church.
The wind in the trees and the bugs
and the frogs. All those things
are comfort to me.”
~ Sissy Spacek
A Cottage on the Shore
“Everyone can identify with a
fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset,
with the quiet of nature, with a
warm and cozy cottage.”
~ Thomas Kinkade
Qualities to Cherish
“Take a course in good water and air;
and in the eternal youth of Nature
you may renew your own.
Go quietly alone;
no harm will befall you.”
~ John Muir
A Pilot in Nature
“When a dragonfly flutters by,
you may not realize, but it’s the
greatest flier in nature. It can hover,
fly backwards, even upside down.”
~ Louie Schwartzberg
By Water and the Spirit
“At Baptism, I received grace…
that quality that makes me share
in the very nature of God.”
~ Mother Angelica
