“we need more of it.” by weither, Creative Commons “Attribution” licence at Flickr. “Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.” – Amy Bloom “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how […]
Ancient Magic
Posts tagged ‘Advent Calendar 2007’
Honour
“Fear and honour” by Mark Grealish, Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial” licence at Flickr.. “Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.” – Lois McMaster Bujold “Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor lies.” – Alexander Pope Honour ME let the world […]
Duty
“Heavy Duty” by Quasimondo, Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial” licence at Flickr.. “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” – Eleanor Roosevelt The Artist’s Duty So it is the duty of the artist to discourage all traces of shame To extend all boundaries To […]
Integrity
“3D Star Map” by tarotastic, Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial” licence at Flickr.. Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony […]
Humility
“life out of balance” by alexdecarvalho, Creative Commons “Attribution” licence at Flickr.. “It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” – Mohandas Ghandi “The Human Abstract” Pity would be no more, If we did not make […]
Modesty
“Morocco 2” by babasteve, Creative Commons “Attribution” licence at Flickr.. “The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact. He calls […]
Justice
“Jena 6” by azrainman, Creative Commons “Attribution” licence at Flickr.. “Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn Justice That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing […]