Quotes that could have been poems

Some of my favorite quotes revisited. Each time I read them they are even more meaningful.

Poemattic: Poetry and Art for the Soul

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Photo by Melba Christie   (c) 2012

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.”

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”

Duke Ellington

“If you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace with everyone, and everyone will be at peace.”        –Thomas Merton

“I am very happy, very enchanted … for  I am surrounded here by everything I love… My desire would be to stay just like this forever, in a quiet corner of nature. –Claude Monet

“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly. “One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”  –Hans Christian Anderson

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