"As the highly colored birds do not fly around in the dull, leaden plains of a sandy desert, but amid all the settings of natureâ€™s leaves and blossoms, and lights and shadesâ€”natureâ€™s framework of their pictureâ€”so there are truths which do not appear well in arid fields of philosophic inquiry, but which demand the colored air and the bowers of poetry to be the setting of their charms."

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Source : "Motives of Life".

David Swing

#Light Quotes #Air Quotes #Bird Quotes

“We have to move the meter in sports in Africa, especially basketball. With the growth of the NBA globally, we have to figure out more ways to develop facilities, coaching, leagues, and youth development in Africa. The talent is incredible. Especially physically. How do we get the youth to start playing at an early age just like in soccer? The future is bright. We now have an NBA office in Africa, we have legends and Hall of Famers, we have African assistant coaches, front office members, and some prominent African players over the last 10 years. So we must plan well for the next 10.”

Source : "Is African Soccer the NBA’s New Breeding Ground?" by Ange Kagame, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2015.
“Never let anything cause you to doubt your ability to demonstrate the Truth.”
“The idea is that one's temperament improves with age; that you learn to deal better with people and become more benevolent and loving. That's not necessarily true. I try to stay loose but sometimes the best thing to do is get yourself away and take a good nap.”
“Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.”
“Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate, sky-blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is Earth ... home. My view of our planet was a glimpse of divinity.”

Source : Edgar Mitchell (2009). “The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.454, ReadHowYouWant.com
“The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.”
“I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.”
“But the tune ends too soon for us all”

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