“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Christopher Columbus

“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Christopher Columbus

Eduardo Galeano: “The church says this body is a sin. Science says this body is a machine. Business says this body is a product. The body says ‘I am a fiesta.’”

Eduardo Galeano: “The church says this body is a sin. Science says this body is a machine. Business says this body is a product. The body says ‘I am a fiesta.’”

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. ~Mignon McLaughlin

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. ~Mignon McLaughlin

“There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.” - Po Bronson

“There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.”
- Po Bronson

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting” - Elizabeth Bibesco

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting”
- Elizabeth Bibesco

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence. Rumi

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence. Rumi

Close Both Eyes to see with the other eye – Rumi

Close Both Eyes to see with the other eye – Rumi

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~ Henry Miller

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~ Henry Miller

The hardest fight – ee cummings

The hardest fight – ee cummings

When you come to a fork in the road – Alice in Wonderland

When you come to a fork in the road – Alice in Wonderland

Wish for Wisdom quote Earl Shoaf www.BeadsCrystalsandMore.com/Blog/190 BeadsCrystalsandMore.com Blog

Wish for Wisdom quote Earl Shoaf www.BeadsCrystalsandMore.com/Blog/190 BeadsCrystalsandMore.com Blog

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other. ~Henry David Thoreau

Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other. ~Henry David Thoreau

You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi

You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi

Wisdom begins in wonder. -Socrates

Wisdom begins in wonder. -Socrates

I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a part of life for which you are the explanation." -- Robert Brault

I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a part of life for which you are the explanation." -- Robert Brault

"Ultimately what we're touching is the invisible, all-pervasive intelligence that surrounds us and penetrates us. It is grooming us to be able to tolerate its splendor. It can't just reveal itself openly because we would be forfeited; we'd never know what hit us." - Terence McKenna

"Ultimately what we're touching is the invisible, all-pervasive intelligence that surrounds us and penetrates us. It is grooming us to be able to tolerate its splendor. It can't just reveal itself openly because we would be forfeited; we'd never know what hit us." - Terence McKenna

Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart. ~Robert Brault

Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart. ~Robert Brault

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. Chinese proverb

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. Chinese proverb

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. - Helen Keller

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. - Helen Keller

It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how things are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. ~Carl Jung

It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how things are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. ~Carl Jung