Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty



Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
~Soren Kierkegaard



Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume.
~Jean de Boufflers



Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858



Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers? ~Maurice Maeterlinck



Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. ~The Koran



The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination. ~Ward Elliot Hour

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12 comments:

  1. Lee SpanglerDecember 22, 2009 at 8:46 PM

    Found myself rereading in Wikipedia about Kierkegaard, an incredible character who I had to learn a little about now so many years ago. No one challenged the the relationship between faith and doubt like that guy. Thanks for reminding me of him tonight.

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  2. HildredDecember 22, 2009 at 8:50 PM

    Beautiful photos, and fine words of Wisdom.

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  3. KayDecember 22, 2009 at 11:27 PM

    I love the flower photos but that first one of the sun's rays piercing the skies is just fantastic.

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  4. Rune EideDecember 23, 2009 at 12:29 AM

    There are colours and life everywhere - if you want to find them and go an look for them.

    Merry Christmas!

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  5. AnonymousDecember 23, 2009 at 1:07 AM

    You always do such a fantastic job with these. I love the first and fourth ones. Well done. By the way, did you hit the panic button on the blog with Why Christmas Trees are better than women? YIKES!!! Scary LOL

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  6. bobbieDecember 23, 2009 at 3:52 AM

    I remember telling my son at one time that if I had only a dollar to my name, and had to choose between a loaf of bread of a bunch of flowers, I would choose the flowers.

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  7. BLOGitseDecember 23, 2009 at 3:53 AM

    Hi Sylvia!
    I'm going to have a blogging break, see you again 'next year'!

    Merry Christmas!

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  8. AnonymousDecember 23, 2009 at 6:34 AM

    I like them all but the second one is my favorite and so is the second quote. I wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. Love and hugs, Judy

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  9. XoXoDecember 23, 2009 at 7:40 AM

    Lovely photos Sylvia...the first two and the flowers are kickers here...Have a blessed Holiday to you and your family.

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  10. storytellerDecember 23, 2009 at 8:12 AM

    You take the best photos and find the most wonderful quotes to link with them ... thank you so much ;-)
    Hugs and blessings,
    My (almost) Wordless Wednesday

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  11. AlexanderDecember 23, 2009 at 8:29 AM

    Beautiful flowers and photos of the sky. That's a great collection.

    Alexander
    Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

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  12. Cody LeeDecember 23, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    smell the aroma of a flower every day, and they will remind you of the beautiful pedals in your own life. : )

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