Quote for Today: Gordon Hempton
Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything . . . It is the presence of time, undisturbed. It can be felt within the chest. …
Quote for Today: T. H. White
“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling …
Quote for Today: Jonathan Renshaw
First, the wind would rumble in the distance like an approaching river, then he would see grass bend, pressed by a great invisible hand. The dull rumble would rise …
Quote for Today: John Milton
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. —John Milton Public Domain Image via …
Quote for Today: Orhan Pamuk
She looked out the window; in her eyes was the light that you see only in children arriving at a new place, or in young people still open to new …
Quote for Today: Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who …
Quote for Today: Mary Elizabeth Frye
Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, …
Quote for Today: Oscar Wilde
Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world …
Quote for Today: Mary Oliver
Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow …
Wonder and Awe: Look Up! The Billion Bug Highway You Can’t See
Ever wonder what is going on above your head? Take a look up in the sky with NPR correspondent Robert Krulwich, known for demystifying complex subjects, and animator Benjamin Arthur. …