purpose

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Carl Jung

value

You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love.

Louise Bourgeoise

equally

As the ancient myth makers knew, we are children equally of the earth and the sky.

Carl Sagan

demand

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.

Søren Kierkegaard

see

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

yours

It is your road, and yours alone.
Others may walk it with you,
but no one can walk it for you.

Persian poem

true

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Scarlet Letter"

you

What you do so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

build

With truth you're able to grow and build upon it. Anything built on lies will eventually crumble and fall.

Varsh Sharma

time

Time, which sees all things, has found you out.

Sophocles

trapped

Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.

Kurt Vonnegut

peace

may peace and common sense prevail on earth
and in me

circle

Life is a circle, like it or not that's the law.

Deyth Banger

value

You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love.

Louise Bourgeoise

wherever

Wherever you are is the entry point...

Kabir

earth

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

Samuel Beckett

courage

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

move on

Move on

Hold it together, move on

Life's so short, move on

Only time will set you free

George Michael

public

The general public does not know what is happening in the world. Neither do they know that they do not know.

Noam Chomsky

beginnings

Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring.

Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

day

May your day be full of limitless joy and true happiness.

you

You may not control all of the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Maya Angelou

courage

Creativity takes courage.

Henri Matisse

life

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

Andy Warhol

thought

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Friedrich Nietzsche

responsible

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future.

Gifford Pinchot

creativity

Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.

Charles Mingus

reality

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Albert Einstein

shape

Memories establish the past;
Senses perceive the present;
Imaginations shape the future.

Toba Beta

bring

Peace in the mind, love and compassion in the heart, bring the scattered world into one reality.

Baba Hari Dass

new

New year - a new chapter, new verse or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.

Alex Morritt