The Tuft of Flowers
I went to turn the grass once after one Who mowed it in the dew before the sun. The dew was gone that made his blade so keen Before I came to view the levelled scene. I looked for him… The Tuft of Flowers
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The Art of Laughter
Meet the challenge of life with the art of laughter…. Take a tip from Will Rogers who observed people with laughter in his eyes and love in his heart and declared: “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Learn… The Art of Laughter
The Art of Giving
Basically we give what we are: ‘The thoughts you think,” wrote Maeterlinck, ” will irradiate you though you are a transparent vase.” The gifts of things are never as precious as the gifts of thought. Emerson said it well: “Rings… The Art of Giving
A Pledge of Identity
There is a conscious solidarity of the universe towards the intuition of which we must struggle, that it may become to us, not a logical abstraction, but a felt and living fact. As individuals we shall never be complete. The… A Pledge of Identity
Dynamic Interaction
An organism is a continuous dynamism, a pattern of activity, basically electrochemical, but capable also of large, concerted forms of action with further priniciples of of organization. Its round of functions is continuous, and every constituent action in it, every… Dynamic Interaction
Infinitude and Incompletion
Much sorrow of man comes from his efforts, in imperfect understanding of his own nature, to crowd his universal life into his personal experience, to grasp and realize with the functions of the finite the suggestions of the infinite. He… Infinitude and Incompletion
The Chambered Nautilus
This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main,— The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the… The Chambered Nautilus
The Infinite and the Finite
Much sorrow of man comes from his efforts, in imperfect understanding of his own nature, to crowd his universal life into his personal experience, to grasp and realize with the function of the finite the suggestions of the infinite. He… The Infinite and the Finite
Comforts of Life
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have ever lived a more simple and… Comforts of Life
The Lake of Beauty
Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world, and the immense, the boundless treasures that it holds in store. All that you have within you, all that your heart desires, all that your Nature so specially fits… The Lake of Beauty