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BEVERLY CLEARY, NICOLSON BAKER, CHARLES BEAUDELAIRE–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–LULU TREVENA, SARA TEASDALE, CHARLES BUKOWSKI, GEORGE ORWELL, THICH NHAT HANH, FRANK SINATRA.

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FRANK SINATRA: LOUIS ARMSTRONG makes me feel humble in his presence. He became a legend in his lifetime because he had the skill of a true artist, the strength of a demon and the heart of a lion. I have know him in moments of glory and adversity and he has never changed.  BE A … Read more

RAM DASS–BIRTHDAY–PLUS–SHAMBHU HEART, JIMMY HEATH, HENRY THOREAU, GLORIA STEINEM, WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, EMILY DICKINSON, MIKE ROYKO, WOODY ALLEN.

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SEX without love is an empty experience but as empty experiences go it’s one of the best.     Woody Allen IT’S MUCH HARDER TO BE A LIBERAL THAN A CONSERVATIVE. WHY? BECAUSE IT’S EASIER TO GIVE SOMEONE THE FINGER THAN A HELPING HAND. M. ROYKO                     … Read more

JOHN BARTH, PETER GREENAWAY–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–ROD SERLING, NORA ROBERTS, ALLEN GINSBERG, SAUL BELLOW, THOMAS HOBBES, DONALD WOODS WINNICOTT, MELANIE KLEIN, R.D.LAING, THOMAS SZASZ, SWAMI RAMANANDA, MICHEL SINGER, REMY DE GOURMONT, ROBERT SHERWOOD, RUMI, CAMILLE PAGLIA,SHAMBHU HEART, KABIR, ALBERT EINSTEIN, JAY PARINI, NEVILLE.

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                       LEAVE THE MIRROR AND CHANGE YOUR FACE.                               LEAVE THE WORLD ALONE AND CHANGE                                   … Read more

EMAANUEL SWEDENBORG, AL GORE, G.I.GURDJIEFF, MILAN KUNDARA–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–WALKER EVANS, RUMI, PAUL VERLAINE, RALPH WALDO EMERSON, CARL JUNG

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PHOTOGRAPHY isn’t a matter of taking pictures. It’s a matter of having an eye.        THE SECRET OF PHOTOGRAPHY is, the camera takes on the personality and the character of the handler. The mind works on the machine–through it, rather.                           … Read more

CORLISS LAMONT, JOKO BECK, LUDWIG MIES van der ROHE–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–MAHATMA GANDHI–(7 BLUNDERS OF THE WORLD THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE), PABLO PICASSO, KAHLIL GIBRAN,EDGAR CAYCE, PATTI SMITH, CARL ARICO, THOMAS KEATING, CHARLES BUKOWSKI, ELIE WEISEL, JOHN MUIR, SIMONE WEIL, ERICH FROMM.

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LOVE IS AN ACT OF FAITH & WHOEVER IS OF LITTLE FAITH IS ALSO OF LITTLE LOVE.                                      ERICH FROMM                      THE HIGHEST ECSTASY IS THE ATTENTION AT ITS … Read more

ALBERT EINSTEIN, JAMES MADISON–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–SWAMI RAMANANDA, BARBARA TUCHMAN, SOREN KIERKEGAARD, RAM DASS, KAHLIL GIBRAN, JOSEPH ADDISON, PHILO, MARY OLIVER.

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                                    HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY            SWAMI RAMANANDA: Planting Seeds for a Sustainable Future We  commit ourselves, in the daily ways we can, to live by the Yogic values that we have embraced: To honor … Read more

THE TOP TEN DEEPEST QUOTES–PLUS–CLAIRE BOOTH LUCE–BIRTHDAY–PLUS–MAXWELL MALTZ, LYNN ANDREWS, JAMES L. BUCKLEY, RAUL JULIA, ALDOUS HUXLEY, KAVIJI.

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TEAR DOWN THE WALLS.       KAVIJI BRICK BY BRICK BE VULNERABLE AND TENDER COURT YOUR INNER BEAUTY LOVE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT REFUSE TO BE DEFINED OR LIMITED THROW OPEN THE DOORS AND FLY INTO THE WORLD AS YOUR RADIANT SELF NO MATTERW HO YOU ARE OR HOW BROKEN YOU FEEL.  THE VICTIM … Read more

LEONARD JACOBSON, EMMA GOLDMAN–BIRTHDAYS–MAR.6.7, 2024–PLUS–PLATO, LAO TZU, FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY, ELIZEBETH KUBLER-ROSS,

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NO ONE IS MORE HATED THAN HE WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH.  PLATO WHEN the student is ready the teacher appears. When the student is truly ready, the teacher disappears.                               LAO TZU PAIN AND SUFFERING are always inevitable for a large intelligence … Read more