Quotes May 24, 2021

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Henry Ward Beecher – 1813-1887 – American Minister
 
 
 
 
Remember you are this universe and this
universe is you.
Joy Harjo
 
 
 
 
Always there is this primary place of belonging in the land and in our souls. It used to be a part of the way we lived, how we walked and breathed.
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
 
 
 
 
Trees do not preach learning and precepts. They preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life
Hermann Hesse
 
 
 
 
All of us are knowers, all the time; it is only occasionally and in spite of ourselves that we understand the mystery of given reality.
Aldous Huxley
 
 
 
 
All art emulates the condition of ritual. That is what it comes from and to that it must always return for nourishment.
T.S. Eliot
 
 
 
 
Even a rainbow has seven colors.
We are just equal human beings. We have the same warm heart.
Yuh-Jung Youn,
actor
 
 
 
 
I try to believe like I believed when I was five … when your heart tells you everything you need to know.
Lucy Liu,
actor, director, producer, artist
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
And no matter what you do or how hard you try, you can’t stop yourself from dreaming.
Jenny Han,
writer
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
It’s hard for me to answer a question from someone who really doesn’t care about the answer.
Everyone is having a harder time than it appears.
Charles Grodin,
actor, writer, talk show host
1935-2021
 
 
 
 
My invention is just an ordinary invention in an extraordinary time.
Peter Tsai,
materials scientist, creator of the N95 mask
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
 
 
 
 
It is more often more important to be ahead of the majority and this means being willing to cut the first furrow in the ground and stand alone for a while if necessary.
Patsy Mink,
politician, co-author of Title IX, first woman of color elected to US Congress
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month