Wise Words: Diane Ackerman

[Life] began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies between.

Wise Words: Blaise Pascal

Words differently arranged have different meanings, and meanings differently arranged have a different effect.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Recognize that life is what you get when you’re born…. Living is what you do with it.

Experience is that marvelous thing that lets you recognize a mistake when you make it again.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

A different language is a different vision of life.

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

Your imagination is your preview to life’s coming attractions.