I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
—John Burroughs

I never can feel certain of any truth but from a clear perception of its beauty.
—John Keats

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
—Novalis

Med vor blotte holdning til hinanden er vi med til at give hinandens verdens dens skikkelse. Hvilken vidde og farve den andens verden får for ham selv er jeg med til at bestemme med min holdning til ham. Jeg er med til at gøre den vid eller snæver, lys eller mørk, mangfoldig eller kedelig – og ikke mindst er jeg med til at gøre den truende eller tryg. Ikke ved teorier eller anskuelser, men ved min blotte holdning. Hvorfor der er en uudtalt, så at sige anonym fordring til os om at tage vare på det liv, som tilliden lægger i vor hånd.

(Fra dansk. Forlaget Klim, 2010).

It is not a quality, but rather a consequence of its qualities, that Bach's melody never grows old. It remains ever fair and young, like Nature, from which it is derived.

'For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. The victory that overcomes the world is your faith' (1 John 5:4).

Christ teaches us, first of all, to believe in the light while the light is in us.

If life in God is the only true life, blissful in itself, it will be true and blissful here on earth, in all the various circumstances of life.

We forget that Christ could never have thought it possible that men who believe in His doctrine of humility, love, and universal brotherhood would calmy and consciously institute the murder of their
brethren.

she realised that you could be honest as possible in life, but people only see the truth if it is close enough to their reality. As Thoreau wrote, its not what you look at that matters, its what you see.

Every life contains many millions of descisions. Some big, some small. But every time one descision is taken over another, the outcomes differ. An irriversible occurs, which in turn leads to further variations

Good, meeting with evil and remaining untainted by it, can alone conquer evil.

I began to realize that the most profound wisdom of man is preserved in the answers given by faith, and that I did not have the rigth to negate them on grounds of reason and, above all, that it is these answers alone that can reply to the question of life.

Faith is neither hope nor trust, but a particular spiritual state.

Dere ble fortalt at trær trekker pusten kun én gang i døgnet. De drikker dypt av lufta når sola står opp, og puster langsomt ut karbondioksid når den går ned. Slik står trærne rundt deg nå, og holder tålmodig pusten mens regnet driver mot dem

In the very midst of life
Snares of death surround us;
Who shall help us in the strife
Lest the fou confound us?
Thou only, Lord, Thou only!
We mourn that we have greatly erred,
That our sins Thy wrath have stirred.

(Mitten wir im Leben sind)

SKOGSUSET (1)

Skogsuset er som lyden av
en fugl i flukt.
Slag fra de store vingene
av håp og drøm og lengsel
som holder kloden svevende i rommet
trass i den voksende tyngden
av krig og blod
og fortvilelse.

Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was providing himself with a refuge from all the distress of life.

Till dig
Du min förtvivlan och min kraft,
du tog allt eget liv jag haft,
och därför att du krävde allt
gav du tillbaka tusenfalt.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.