"Everything that lives, lives not alone nor for itself."  - William Blake

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."  - Will Rogers

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.”  - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

• My family is not confined to mother, mate, and child; but it includes all creatures be they tame or wild; my family upon this earth includes all living things, on land, or in the ocean deep, or borne aloft on wings. 
  
  ~ Alicia S. Carpenter
  
  

Each day shapes our lives as running water shapes a stone.

“Heartbreak is life educating us.” 

– George Bernard Shaw

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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” - Anatole France

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"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory, when nice things occur.  You take the front line when there is danger.  Then people will appreciate your leadership."  - Nelson Mandela

"Impartial self-observation leads to self-awakening which leads to self-liberty."

"Make it your goal to become a normally functioning individual.  Let these principles shape you according to your real nature of a simple, decent, honest, unafraid human being."

"Elegance is feeling so good in your own skin that you don't have to act outrageously to get attention." 
- Marie-Anne Lecoeur

“Beautiful pictures are developed from negatives in a dark room...
So if you see darkness in your life be reassured that a beautiful picture is being prepared...”  - Anon

"Life is based on service and love, there is nothing else."

Harnessing Nature

"My house must be open to the sun, to the wind, and the voice of the sea, just like a Greek temple, and light, light, light everywhere!"  

- Axel Munthe, physician, speaking of the house he built in Capri, Villa San Michele, designed for beneficial health

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” 
- Joseph Campbell

"For every grain of sand on Earth, there are 10,000 stars out there....so there are 100 Earth-like planets for every grain of sand in the world. Think about that next time you're on the beach."

"Awareness and Happiness are exactly the same thing!"

"Maybe what you think is a breakdown is really a breakthrough." - Jen Lemen 

"The more you know, the less you need."

Genuine effort is success.

"When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy." - Vernon Howard

"One thing we do know:  Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness." - Eckhart Tolle

"Man is frustrated because he has everything exactly backwards.  What could save him, he rejects; that which slowly destroys him, he frantically embraces."

Negative emotion is toxic to the body and interferes with its balance and harmonious functions...

When two ducks get into a fight, which never lasts long, they will separate and float off in opposite directions.  Then each duck will flap its wings vigorously a few times, thus releasing the surplus negative energy that built up during the fight.  After they flap their wings, they float on peacefully, as if nothing had ever happened. - Eckhart Tolle

"You have to live Spherically, in many directions and never loose your childish enthusiasm and then things will come your way."  - from the movie, Under The Tuscan Sun

"Whatever your life’s work is, do it well." - Martin Luther King Jr.