 | Nan is a 49 year old married from Isle of Wight, Make A Left, England, UK. 
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- Jul 5, 2005 10:07pm
The man who in view of gain
thinks of righteousness;
who in the view of danger
is prepared to give up his life;
and who does not forget an old agreement
however far back it extends -
such a man may be reckoned a complete man.
~Confucius, The Confucian Analects~
~Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)~
The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.
~Zeno, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers~
~Greek philosopher (335 BC - 264 BC)~
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe~
~German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832)~
The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
~Jackson Pollock~
~US Abstract Expressionist painter (1912 - 1956)~
Under all speech that is good for anything
there lies a silence that is better.
Silence is deep as Eternity;
speech is shallow as Time.
~Thomas Carlyle~
~Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881)~
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.
~Audre Lorde~
While there's life, there's hope.
~Cicero, Ad Atticum~
~Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)~
Remember that happiness is a way of travel -
not a destination.
~Roy M. Goodman~
Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
Genius hits a target no one else can see.
~Arthur Schopenhauer~
~German philosopher (1788 - 1860)~
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
~Duke Ellington~
~US jazz bandleader, musician, & songwriter (1899 - 1974)~
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