Tag Archives: Quotes

“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

- George Bernard Shaw
Posted on July 12, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.”

- Yoda
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.”

- Tagore
Posted on June 7, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best.”

— Tom Wolfe
Posted on May 10, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”

- Teilhard de Chardin
Posted on April 26, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.”

- Lao Tzu
Posted on April 19, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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