“You should make something.
You should bring something
into the world
that wasn’t in the world before.
It doesn’t matter what it is.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a table
or a film
or gardening-
everyone should create.
You should do something,
then sit back and say,
‘I did that.'”
~ Ricky Gervais
“The quiet rhythmic monotone
of the wall of logs
fills one with the rustic peace
of a secluded nook
in the woods.”
~ Gustav Stickley
“That we find a crystal
or a poppy beautiful
means that we are less alone,
that we are more deeply inserted
into existence than
the course of a single life
would lead us to believe.”
~ John Berger
“Cows are my passion.
What I have ever sighed for
has been to retreat to a Swiss farm,
and live entirely surrounded
by cows…….and china.”
~ Charles Dickens
“Here is the tragedy:
when you are the victim of depression,
not only do you feel
utterly helpless and
abandoned by the world,
you also know that very few people
can understand,
or even begin to believe,
that life can be this painful.”
~ Giles Andreae
“Whether things turn out for the better
depends on what we do.
We ought not spend our time
masterminding the future,
but recognize our marching orders:
to do the best we can
for history and the planet.”
~ Huston Smith
“Iron rusts from disuse;
water loses its purity from stagnation…
even so, does inaction
sap the vigor
of the mind.”
~ Leonardo da Vinci
“When a train
goes through a tunnel
and it gets dark,
you don’t throw away
the ticket and jump off.
You sit still and
trust the engineer.”
~ Corrie Ten Boom
“I absolutely adore cows.
They’re the most fascinating,
gentle and beautiful animals.
Their eyes are so amazing.
I have ten that live on the land
around my house.
I love to talk to them.
There are few things better
than falling asleep in a field
and being woken up
by an inquisitive cow.”
~ Mary Quant
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