Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates. Fernando Pessoa on valentines day
Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec on valentines day
I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact. Hugh Grant on valentines day
I used to be a hopeless romantic - I fell in love with everyone I went out with. Jeremy London on valentines day
Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine. Christopher Plummer on valentines day
In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as its people, or a church worthy of its congregation, or a university equal to its faculty and students. Edward Abbey on individuality
There is no such thing as a self-made man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the makeup of our character and our thoughts, as well as our success. George Matthew Adams on success
I had always loved beautiful and artistic things, though before leav Emma Albani on art
Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit. Frank Borman on exploration
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. William Butler Yeats on business
Though one sits in meditation in a particular place, the Self in him can exercise its influence far away. Though still, it moves everywhere...The Self cannot be known by anyone who desists not from unrighteous ways, controls not his senses, stills not his mind, and practices not meditation. Lu Yen on meditation
That which exists through itself is called The Eternal. The Eternal has neither name nor shape. It is the one essence, the one primal spirit. Essence and life cannot be seen. They are contained in the light of heaven. The light of heaven cannot be seen. It is contained in the two eyes. Lu Yen on religion
If the thoughts are absolutely tranquil the heavenly heart can be seen. The heavenly heart lies between sun and moon (i.e. between the two eyes). It is the home of the inner light. To make light circulate is the deepest and most wonderful secret. The light is easy to move, but difficult to fix. If it is made to circulate long enought, then it crystallizes itself; that is the natural spirit body... Lu Yen on thoughts
True thoughts have duration in themselves. If the thoughts endure, the seed is enduring; if the seed endures, the energy endures; if the energy endures, then will the spirit endure. The spirit is thought; thought is the heart; the heart is the fire; the fire is the Elixir. Lu Yen on thoughts
Two stones build two houses, three stones build six houses, four build twenty-four houses, five build one hundred and twenty houses, six build seven hundred and twenty houses and seven build five thousand and forty houses. From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear. Sepher Yezirah on knowledge
Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness. Edward Young on future
A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. Edward Young on reflection
By all means use some time to be alone. Edward Young on solitude
Too low they build who build below the skies. Edward Young on success