They ask me…

They ask me if space travel will ever be possible. I say yes, and that it wouldn’t surprise me. Over a 100 years ago, nobody believed we could fly. Or break the speed of sound. Or put a man on the Moon. Of course Man will travel to other planets. It’s just a matter of time.

Will that be a great think for Mankind? Well, yes, of course it will be.

But imagine now that there were no countries. No borders, no intolerance, no wars. People respecting other people, other beliefs, other races, other cultures, all living together in peace, accepting that they are part of this world as we are all. Imagine that mankind had found a way to co-exist with itself, without prejudice or preconcepts. That would be indeed, a great surprise to me. It would be the greatest achievement of Mankind, a giant leap in the evolution of Humanity.

Who knows? Maybe wars (and animal abuse, and child abuse) will one day be part of a long lost past, only heard of in History classes.

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Only if Man wants to

These days, many species that have existed for thousands of years on our planet are at serious risk of extinction. The destruction of habitat by man pushes away to remote locations a fauna which includes the rarest species, some of them still subject to slaughter because of their valuable skins or tusks. Is there still hope? Each one of us, who like animals, must do what we can, to keep that hope alive. Photography allows us today to register gorgeous images of the animal world, but to repeat them tomorrow…  only if Man wants to.  (Carlos Alberto)

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Life is life

Life is life, whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a dog or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage. (Sri Aurobindo)

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Life

Life is what happens when you’re too busy planning it. (John Lennon)

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Our sense of courtesy

If the Earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the Earth and its inhabitants. (Thomas Berry)

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Brothers

Do not be ashamed if animals, sometimes, are closer to you than people; they are also your brothers. (Saint Francis of Assisi)

Photo by Gregory Colbert
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Beautiful images

From beautiful images, we arrive to beautiful thoughts; from beautiful thoughts, to a beautiful life, and from a beautiful life, to absolute beauty. (Plato)

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Our deepest fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who am I not to be? Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

(Marianne Williamson, in “A return to love”; also in the movie “Akeelah and the Bee” & Nelson Madela’s Inauguration Speech, 1994)

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No impossibilities

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. (Janos Arany)

Blood-Brook in Wilton – New Hampshire, USA
Photo by Scott Dommin
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A dream is…

A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you’re fast asleep. (Cinderela)

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Dreams

A dream is an answer to a question we haven‘t learned how to ask.

(said by Fox Mulder in “Paper Hearts”, episode from The X-Files – Season 4)

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Taking five minutes…

…to post a beautiful picture in here. I’ve been so busy these days.

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It’s only 3 o’clock and…

…I can’t work anymore today. My keyboard is blocked and the mouse has disappeared.

See you tomorrow.

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Right now, I am…

…listening to good music. Have you seen Bon Jovi’s newest videoclip, with his newest single “We weren’t born to follow“? I like it a lot!

Say “NO” to animal violence

Essencial

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, for what’s essential is invisible to the eye. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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A little faith

A little faith will bring your soul to heaven. A great faith will bring heaven to your soul. (Charles Spurgeon)

Kilimanjaro – Tanzania
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All that is gold

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

(J.R.R.Tolkien, in “Lord of the Rings”)

Indonesia
Photo by Rarinda Prakarsa
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Doubt & Faith

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. (Kahlil Gibran)

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Use what you got

Start where you are, use what you got. Create what you want. (George Washington Carver)

Gateway
Painting by Thomas Kinkade

The wind

The wind does not speak more kindly to the giant oaks than to the smallest blade of grass. (Kahlil Gibran)

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