“Hummingbird” | Anthony Satori
“Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.”
— Burton Hills
A Method of Life
philosophy
By Firelight
“By Firelight” | Anthony Satori
“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roasted chestnut, a scuffed-up little coal-burning heater, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
— Nikos Kazantzakis
Wondrous Ways
“Wondrous Ways” | Anthony Satori
“Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways.”
–– Sarah Ban Breathnach
Loving the World
“Umbrellas” | Anthony Satori
“My work is loving the world. Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work.. which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished. Which is mostly rejoicing, since all ingredients are here.. Which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart.. and a mouth with which to give shouts of joy.. telling them all, over and over, how it is that we live forever.”
— Mary Oliver
Of Heaven and Earth
“Of Heaven and Earth” | Anthony Satori
“I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.”
— Eden Ahbez
Conscious Endeavor
“Conscious Endeavor” | Anthony Satori
“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Higher Natures
“Tree of Light” | Anthony Satori
“[Our] higher natures… originate in the primal depths of the universe and are appointed by Heaven.”
— I Ching
Simplify
“Simplify” | Anthony Satori
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”
— Henry David Thoreau
In This Shadow
“In This Shadow” | Anthony Satori
“Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this… universe is but a faint shadow.”
–William Blake
While we are here, however, in this shadow, let us make it as good and as beautiful as we can.
Notes and More Notes
“Notes and More Notes” | Anthony Satori
“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”
— Frederic Chopin
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