Author Archives: TA Loeffler

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. –Diane Arbus

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. –Oliver Wendell Holmes

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ― Mae West

For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul. ― George Mallory

The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage. ― Carrie Jones

To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honour. ― Stacey T. Hunt

Green is the prime colour of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. –Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ― Rabindranath Tagore

The canoe is not a lifeless, inanimate object; it feels very much alive, alive with the life of the river. – Bill Mason

There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them. ― Jo Walton

We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ― David Levithan

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it. –Andy Rooney

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus

Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in oneself is the rain that cultivates a hero to endure the storm, and bare the genesis of a new world, a new forest. ― … Continue reading →

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. ― John Ruskin

There are years that ask questions and years that answer. ― Zora Neale Hurston

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ― Socrates

The road to success is always under construction. ― Lily Tomlin

Always be like a water. Float in the times of pain or dance like waves along the wind which touches its surface. ― Santosh Kalwar

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap. ― Ani DiFranco

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.–Lao Tzu

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ― Mary Oliver

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special. –Nelson Mandela

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ― Mary Oliver

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. – Frank Lloyd Wright

Action expresses priorities. ― Mahatma Gandhi

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. Walt Disney

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use. –Ruth Gordon

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. ― John Lennon