Life is Growth ...

Life is growth, from our first helpless cry at birth to our last breath. Life is also a personal journey and we make our choices along the way, and observe our outer world in the way we choose.

“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness,
and the power of contemplation
rather than upon mere survival.”
–Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

“We arrive at truth, not by reason only,
but also by the heart.”
–Pascal (1623–1662)

“Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.”
–Sophocles (c. 495–406 B.C.)

“Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.”
–Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)

“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors,
but in deserving them.”
–Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

“Keep what is worth keeping–
And with the breath of kindness
Blow the rest away.”
–Dinah Mulock Craik (1826–1887)

“Three things cannot be hidden, the sun, the moon and the truth.”
–Buddha (568–488 B.C.)

“No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:
for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
–Bible, Hebrews 13:2

“First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.”
–Epictetus (c. 50–120)

“The best thing about the future is that it comes
only one day at a time.”
–Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
–Albert Einstein (1879–1955)

In Memory

In Memory We will always remember those who lost their lives and those who so gallantly risked their lives to save others. May peace and healing come to the families and friends of those lost, and to the many rescue workers and others who were touched by this tragedy. – Linda "America, America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!" Katherine Lee Bates (1859-1929) "The land of the free and the home of the brave." –Francis Scott Key (1779–1843) "I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murders, and for a time they seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of this. Always." –Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear–not absence of fear." –Mark Twain (1835–1910) "This land is your land, this land is my land, from California, to the New York Island From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me." –Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) "There is nothing we cannot live down, rise above, and overcome." –Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855–1919) "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." –Bible, 2 Timothy 1:7 "Okay, there's a group of us and we're going to do something... If they're going to drive this plane into the ground we've got to do something." –Thomas Burnett (1963–2001) Passenger, Flight 93, Sept. 11, 2001 "We've decided, we're going to do it." –Jeremy Glick (1970–2001) Passenger, Flight 93, Sept. 11, 2001 "Are you guys ready? Let's roll!" –Todd Beamer (1917–2001) Passenger, Flight 93, Sept. 11, 2001 "Imagine there's no country, it isn't hard to do, nothing to kill or die for, and no religion, too. Imagine all the people living life in peace." –John Lennon (1940–1980) "Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stilled only by non-hatred–that is the law Eternal." –Buddha (568-488 B.C.) "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." –Seneca (c. 4 B.C.–65 A.D.) "We should always be at war with injustice. Always." –Maya Angelou (1928–) "Only the just man enjoys peace of mind." –Epicurus (371–270 B.C.) "To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations and as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization." –Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) "When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." –John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." –Sun Tzu (c. early 4th Century B.C.) "If you want to heal, give. When you need comfort and strength, give to others. By helping other people, you can begin to heal." –Dr. Phil McGraw "Until you have become really in actual fact a brother of everyone, brotherhood will not come to pass. Only by brotherhood will liberty be saved." –Feodor Dostoevski (1821–1881) "Life has its ups and downs. When you are down, the angels are waiting to lift you up." –Linda Pendleton “We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” –Joseph Campbell, (1904-1987)

“I believe that peace becomes possible when we choose to make peace

an attitude and a habit. I believe that the reality of peace begins within each of us….” ~Mattie J. T. Stepanek, (1990-2004) Just Peace, A Message of Hope

Nature Quotations and Photographs

"Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone."
~Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

Copyright by Linda Pendleton

"Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet,
with charm of earliest birds."
~John Milton (1608-1674)

"Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and the earth below!
Over the housetops, over the street,
Over the heads of the people you meet:
Dancing,
Flirting,
Skimming along,
Beautiful snow! it can do nothing wrong."
~John Wittaker Watson (1824-1890

Copyright by Eric Stephens

“The clearest way into the universe
is through a forest wilderness.”
~John Muir (1838-1914)

Copyright by Linda Pendleton

“We are the stars and planets, the wind and the rain,
the sands and the seas, we, the miracles of creation,
are everything that has ever been.”
~Don Pendleton and Linda Pendleton,
Whispers From the Soul: The Divine Dance of Consciousness

Peace and Nature Quotations

Photos Copyright, Linda Pendleton

Nature

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

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." ~e.e. cummings

"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon the verdant green hills is the most perfect refreshment." ~ Jane Austin


"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." ~ Lao Tzu


"I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?"
~Robert Redford

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
~John Muir

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
~Albert Einstein

"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts."
~William Hazlitt

Photographs © Copyright 2010 by Ted Grussing.
Photos taken in Village of Oak Creek, Sedona, AZ

~Linda

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