LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and read more

LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn,
Circling above the hamlets as thy nest;
Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form
Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts;
By night star-veiling, and by day
Darkening the light and blotting out the sun;
Go thou my incense upward from this hearth,
And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.
-Henry David Thoreau-.

There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, read more

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.

Narcissus is the glory of his race:
For who does nothing with a better grace?

Narcissus is the glory of his race:
For who does nothing with a better grace?

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to read more

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he read more

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.