Day 201 – Buttercup
“Look bravely up into the sky, And be content with knowing That God wished for a buttercup Just here, where you are growing.” ~ Sarah Orne Jewett
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“Look bravely up into the sky, And be content with knowing That God wished for a buttercup Just here, where you are growing.” ~ Sarah Orne Jewett
“The point of life is to find the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality.” ~ Lillian Smith
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient […]
“I saw the spires of Oxford As I was passing by, The gray spires of Oxford Against a pearl-gray sky.” ~ Winifred Mary Letts These are the beautiful ancient spires of Magdalen college, Oxford
“Trees are the largest and most spiritually advanced plants on Earth. They are constantly in meditation. Subtle energy is their natural language.” ~ Mantak Chia
“It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching ‘Coronation Street.’” ~ Amelia Warner
“Look up, now look down. Up is endless, down has an ending. Always look up.” ~ Mod Sun
“In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.” ~ John James Ingalls
“When you became a student at Oxford you realized both your own mortality, in the flow of this near-millennium of students, and also the small particle of immortality that attaches to you when you begin […]
“I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.” ~ Barbara Grizzuti Harrison