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Visual Soliloquy #118 A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible…

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #117 A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection…

A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living. –Rudolf Steiner

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Visual Soliloquy #113 What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? –Robert H. Schuller

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Visual Soliloquy #112 For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards…

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. –Leonardo da Vinci

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Visual Soliloquy # 111 Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make…

Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.–Robert Fulghum

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Visual Soliloquy #109 Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water…

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #100 You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave…

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. –Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #99 I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars…

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. –Og Mandino

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Visual Soliloquy #98 A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight…

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde A dreamer is one who can only find his way by … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #84 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience…

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Visual Soliloquy #85 My profession is to always …

My profession is to always find God in nature. – Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #80 Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted…

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. –Mary McCarthy

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Visual Soliloquy #79 Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing…

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing. –Bill Cosby

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Visual Soliloquy #75 Nature is what we know – Yet have not art to say…

Nature is what we know – Yet have not art to say – So impotent our wisdom is To her simplicity. –Emily Dickinson

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Visual Soliloquy #74 Simply the thing that I am shall make me live…

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.–William Shakespeare

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Visual Soliloquy #73 Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you…

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn’t do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition. -Florida Scott-Maxwell

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Visual Soliloquy #72 Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world…

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in. –Alan Alda  

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Visual Soliloquy #70 There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope…

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. –Bern Williams

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Visual Soliloquy #69 Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles…

Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views. –Mary Schmich

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Visual Soliloquy #403: The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action…

The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action. – Madame de Stael

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Visual Soliloquy #67 At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person…

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. –Albert Schweitzer

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Visual Soliloquy #66 The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch…

The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. –Erica Jong

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Visual Soliloquy #65 The true measure of one’s worth lies not where you come to be at journey’s end…

The true measure of one’s worth lies not where you come to be at journey’s end, but in the lives you touch along the way. –Anonymous

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Visual Soliloquy #64 Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal…

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it. –Eliza Tabor

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Visual Soliloquy #63 To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw,…

To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw, the fasting heart exposed. –Gretel Ehrlich

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Visual Soliloquy #62 Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.

Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life. –Paulo Coelho

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Visual Soliloquy #61 We all have our time machines…

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams. –Jeremy Irons

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Visual Soliloquy #60 All human wisdom is summed up in two words–wait and hope…

All human wisdom is summed up in two words–wait and hope. –Alexandre Dumas Père

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Visual Soliloquy #56 Be careful what you water your dreams with…

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy ##55 Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home…

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. –Matsuo Basho

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Visual Soliloquy #54 There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief…

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus

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Visual Soliloquy #51 You can never step into the same river…

You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you. –Heraclitus of Ephesus

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Visual Soliloquy #49 Time is a sort of river of passing events…

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.–Marcus Aurelius

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Visual Soliloquy #48 The road of life twists and turns…

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.–Don Williams, Jr.

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Visual Soliloquy #47 The idea is to write it so that people hear it…

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart. –Maya Angelou

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Visual Soliloquy #29

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. –Edwin Way Teale

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