“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.” Pablo Picasso

“When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.” Criss Jami

“We shall never achieve harmony with the land, anymore than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.” Aldo

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.” Laurence Sterne

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Tim 1:7

“To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.” Hồ Chí Minh

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:7

“Knock, And He'll open the door Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.”

“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” Leonardo da Vinci

“Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.” Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems

“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” Karl Lagerfeld

“Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit.” Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom 6:23

“Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.” Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.” Abigail Van Buren

“A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us. ” Pema Chödrön,

“I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.”

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Rom 3:23

“The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.” Benjamin Disraeli

“The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress.” Steve Maraboli