“Snowcapped” | Anthony Satori
“The highest praise of God consists in the denial of Him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a Creator.”
– Marcel Proust
The Highest Praise
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The Wisdom of Nature
“In the Eyes” | Anthony Satori
“The wisdom of nature speaks out of the peaceful glance of animals. In them the whole phenomenon is still firmly attached to the stem of nature from which it has sprung, and partakes of the unconscious omniscience of the great mother.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
The Miraculous in the Common
“Grasshopper” | Anthony Satori
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Morning Star
“Golden” | Anthony Satori
“There are only three things that a man really wants to do, all his life; and these are 1) to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, 2) to salute his fellow man, and 3) to enjoy the love of the woman who has come the long way with him.”
– D. H. Lawrence
On Reason and Passion
“Vines” | Anthony Satori
“Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining. Passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Therefore let passion exalt your reason, so that it may sing; and let reason direct your passion, so that it may live.”
– Khalil Gibran
An Illusion, a Shadow, a Story
“Stroll” | Anthony Satori
“What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. All life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.”
– Pedro Calderon de la Barca
All Wisdom and Virtue
“Dancer, Racehorse, Buddha” | Anthony Satori
“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If you can control your mind you can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to you.”
– Buddha
The Impact of Color
“Jet Plane” | Anthony Satori
“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.”
– Wassily Kandinsky
A Good Heart
“Violet” | Anthony Satori
“No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart.”
– Shanina Shaik
The Tao of Forms
“The Tao of Forms” | Anthony Satori
“When you do not dwell in ego, then things will of themselves reveal their forms to you. Your movement will be like that of water, your stillness like that of a mirror, your responses like those of an echo.”
– Chuang Tzu
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