“Red Leaf Suspended” | Anthony Satori
“There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.”
– William Cullen Bryant
The Essential Witness
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A Quiet Life
“Tennis on a Sunny Day” | Anthony Satori
“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.”
– Bertrand Russell
To Find the Beautiful
“Green Pastures” | Anthony Satori
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
The First Love of the World
“Flower of the Ages” | Anthony Satori
“As I walked out one evening, I heard a lover sing… ‘I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you, till the river jumps over the mountain. I’ll love you till the ocean is folded and hung up to dry. The years shall run like rabbits, for in my arms I hold, the Flower of the Ages, the first love of the world.’”
– W. H. Auden
Where the Gods Live Serene
“Gibbous Moon” | Anthony Satori
“A person of powerful intellect is capable of taking a vivid interest in things in the way of mere knowledge, with no admixture of will. It places him in a sphere where pain is an alien – a diviner air, where the gods live serene.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Winter Tree
“Winter Tree” | Anthony Satori
“The trees were beautiful without their leaves, when you were reconciled to them.”
– Ernest Hemingway
Love Has No Ending
“Wonderful Incarnation” | Anthony Satori
“As I walked out one evening, I heard a lover sing, under an arch of the railway: ‘Love has no ending.’”
– W. H. Auden
Golden Eyes
“Golden Eyes” | Anthony Satori
“The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.”
– D. H. Lawrence
Simple Life
“Confucius” | Anthony Satori
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
– Confucius
Stop worrying about things that are outside the bounds of your control. Let them go. Also, stop worrying about things that are within the bounds of your control. Control them. That is, take the best action within your reach, right now, to make them better – and then leave the rest to God.
One Way to Happiness
“Blackbird on a Rock” | Anthony Satori
“There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
– Epictetus
