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Fresh Meaning in The Familiar
Most artists look for something fresh to paint; frankly I find that quite boring. For me it is much more exciting to find fresh meaning in something familiar.
- Andrew Wyeth
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“No matter what path you’re on in this life, if that path isn’t about love, you’re on the wrong path.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Message of Hope in a Time of Crisis
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People keep repeating that the main things are love and compassion. Certainly love and compassion are the main things, but it takes knowledge to make love and compassion fruitful…It takes just a second to say ‘love’. But to acquire knowledge for the well-being and blessing of humanity requires an eternity.
— Helena Blavatsky
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It was wise to liken the heart to a ship, but where there is a ship, there is a helmsman. Courage is born of a pure heart. One might compare it to a rose, where the significance of the flower lies in the number of its petals. If they are torn off, the flower as a whole is injured. Therefore, guard the defenses of the heart. Wisely understand that only the lord of the flower has access to all its petals.
