Reflections
“I believe that the situation in the world is a reflection of our own immaturity. If we were mature, harmonious people, war would be no problem whatever – it would be impossible. … All of us can work for peace. We can work right where we are, right within ourselves, because the more peace we have within our own lives, the more we can reflect into the outer situation. … Insofar as you have peace in your own life, you reflect it into your surroundings and into the world.”
- from Steps Toward Inner Peace by Peace Pilgrim
When in doubt, have a campfire.
“Working carefully from a small beginning, he soon had a roaring fire, over which he thawed the ice from his face and in the protection of which he ate his biscuits. For the moment the cold of space was outwitted. The dog took satisfaction in the fire, stretching out close enough for warmth and far enough away to escape being singed. When the man was finished, he filled his pipe and took his comfortable time over a smoke. Then he pulled on his mittens, settled the ear flaps of his cap firmly about his ears, and took the creek trail up the left fork.”
- from To Build a Fire by Jack London
“I don’t have the answers, Charlie — but I know that people get confused in this life about what they want, and what they’ve done, and what they think they should’ve because of it. Everything they think they are, or did, takes hold so hard that it won’t let them see what they can be.”
- Sue (played by Annette Bening) to Charlie (played by Kevin Costner) in the movie, Open Range; derived from the novel The Open Range Men by Lauran Paine
