It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won’t stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.
~ Annie Dillard
Sunlight and Fog, Stimpson Family Nature Preserve, Bellingham, Washington 2018
And now it is your Life Story, and it is you who plays the leading role. The stage is set, the time is now, and the place wherever you are.
~ Virginia Lee Burton
Short-tailed Weasel, Hidden Lake Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana 2008
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; Not going all the way and not starting.
~ Gautama Buddha
Cape Creek Bridge, Florence, Oregon 2018
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Great Northern Clock Tower, Spokane, Washington 2018
Thank you for stating the obvious, Crater Lake National Park:
It’s not a good idea to jump into the sewer to catch a rat.
~ Anonymous
Hibiscus, Alicante, Spain 2006
Happiness – A butterfly, which when pursued, seems always just beyond your grasp; but if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
~ Anonymous
Eastern Comma Butterfly, Glacier National Park, Montana 2018
Love without action is meaningless. Action without love is irrelevant.
~ Deepak Chopra
Carving on Driftwood, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
The beginning is always today.
~ Mary Shelly
Sea Lion, Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey, California 2005
Never put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket.
~ Anonymous
Gateway, Newport Cliff Walk, Newport, Rhode Island 2007
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