MUSINGS ON BEAUTIFUL PEACE
"I just really dig feeling subservient to nature. It brings me a peace and calm. Kind of like a Faustian thing, I think."
― Neko Case
Photo: Courtesy of Playground Hunt. Outside.
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other- -that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we would still need tanks and generals?”
― Mother Teresa
Photo: Courtesy of Standing on a Beach. Uravik, Stockholm.
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
― John Muir
Photo: Courtesy of Wallpaper Name. Pigs sleeping.
“Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.”
― Anatole France
Photo: Courtesy of Simple Truths. Nature.
“Lose yourself in nature and find peace.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Photo: Allen Buckman. Peace Cave.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
― Anne Frank
Photo: Glen Rush. Teton National Park.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
― Lao Tzu
“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”
― Socrates
Photo: Nick Fullerton. Lone Tree.
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”
― John Muir
Photo: Courtesy of Symphony for Love.
“All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind.”
― John Lubbock
Photo: Courtesy of Ffe Magazine. Aurora, trees, and snow.
“Peace is always beautiful”
― Walt Whitman
Photo: Reji. Doves.
Read more about Beautiful Peace, as it relates to Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact in our posts throughout this week, including 10 New Books & Apps for Peace.
Spread some peace and share your beautiful vision. Enter this week’s BN Competition. Our theme this week is Beautiful Peace. Send in your images and ideas. Deadline is 12.29.13.
Also, check out our special competition: The Most Beautiful Sound in the World! We are thrilled about this effort, together with SoundCloud and The Sound Agency. And we can’t wait to hear what you’ve got! Now closed for entries. Judging is in progress. Finalists announced and voting begins 01.02.14.
