Author Archives: TA Loeffler

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common. ― Sarah Dessen

Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go. ― Nick Hornby

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. –Albert Einstein

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. –Harry S Truman

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now. –Thich Nhat Hanh

We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. – Joseph Campbell

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. –Samuel Beckett

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. –Thomas Edison

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. –Joe Namath

Owls hoot in B flat, cuckoos in D, but the water ousel sings in the voice of the stream. She builds her nest back of the waterfalls so the water is a lullaby to the little ones. Must be where … Continue reading →

The forest makes your heart gentle. You become one with it…No place for greed or anger there. –Pha Pachak

Let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. … Continue reading →

Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. –John Muir

When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls … Continue reading →

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. — Pema Chödrön

Never confuse movement with action. ― Ernest Hemingway

The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the imagination. – Emily Dickinson

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ― Kahlil Gibran

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. ― Guy Gavriel Kay

I’ve had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called ‘a life’ – I’ve refused to give up. –Robin … Continue reading →

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. ― Paulo Coelho

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will … Continue reading →

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. -Jim Rohn

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ― Mother Teresa

I dream my painting and I paint my dream. ― Vincent van Gogh

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don’t, who will? –Jon Bon Jovi

–I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Pablo Picasso

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ― Helen Keller

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. –Daniel Boone

Delight in itself is the approach of sanity. Delight is to open our eyes to the reality of the situation rather than siding with this or that point of view. – Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning. ― Truman Capote

No, not conquer, that is too foolish a word. Any person who scales a mountain is still but a person, a transient speck compared to the immensity and permanence of a mountain. ― James Rozoff

You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out. –Steve Jobs