Why should I continue to suffer from the effects of my own insane thoughts, when the perfection of creation is my home?

- A Course in Miracles

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.

- F.W. Bourdillon

Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

- Sydney J. Harris
journalist and author
(1917-1986)

Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday lfe.

- Laurel Doremus

oh window pane, o weather vane mark out my course described in vain beware the wind, deny the rain a dervish twirl that parts the twain the room is calm and smooth as plane shivering still, undone again

- Laurel Doremus

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

- Albert Schweitzer
philosopher, physician, musician
(1875-1965)

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

- Anatole France
novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate
(1844-1924)

It is no measure of mental health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. - Krishnamurti

In an insane world, a sane man must appear insane. - Spock

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. - Hermann Hesse

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free. - Nikos Kazantzakis

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. - R.D. Lang