#al

Your bike is discovery; your bike is freedom. It doesn't matter where you are, when you're on the saddle, you're taken away. ↗

— Doug Donaldson

#inspirational #freedom

It was Don Paolo's birthday and all the people of the village were gathered in the piazza to celebrate him. The band played, the wine flowed, the children danced, and, as he stood for a moment alone under the pergola, a little girl approached the the beloved priest. "But Don Paolo, are you not happy?" she asked him. "Of course I am happy," he assured the little girl. "Why, then, aren't you crying? ↗

— Marlena De Blasi

#inspirational #life-philosophy #home

The human route to sympathy or empathy is a clumsy one but it's all we've got. To understand the consequences of our actions we must exercise our imaginations. ↗

— Robert McLiam-Wilson

#inspirational-humor #imagination

Be nice. Be crazy. Be yourself. Be the ball. Don't be flat. Just B natural. Be honest. Be humble. Be thankful. Be happy ... but when in doubt, just Be. ↗

— Cliff Michaels

#inspirational

Thus the great wind, the afflatus, gave breath and turbulence to all life; and inspiration clung to the minds and hearts of men. ↗

— Richard Beckham II

#life #the-tale-of-mu #inspirational

Un miros de sărac, un miros de violență, de necesitatea de a parveni. ↗

— J.M.G. Le Clézio

#necessity #poverty #smell #violence #inspirational

In the bustling of the cities, forever surrounded by people and their chatter, we stand alone; an island of humanity. Build your raft, that you may drift into the heart and make real contact. ↗

— Martin Cosgrove

#inspirational

Stillness speaks not with mouth and tongue, but with the essential roar of Eternity itself. ↗

— Martin Cosgrove

#inspirational

I ache for silence - to step back into that stillness which birthed us all. To dissolve into No-thingness and discover what remains. ↗

— Martin Cosgrove

#inspirational

A radiant glow enveloped Alaura. Soft eruptions of various shades of effervescent green danced in the air and frolicked in the locks of her dark blonde hair. Whispers of yellows and blues revealed themselves near the skin, kissing the air with each leap. ↗

— Diane Lynn McGyver

#magic #shadows-in-the-stone #inspirational