The world is full of paradoxes and life is full of opposites. The art is to embrace the opposites, accommodate the paradoxes and live with a smile.
To happy folkAll heaviest words no more of meaning bearThan far-off bells saddening the Summer air.
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
what I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brainslack brain workers, nor heartsick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all-the realisation at last of the meaning of the word commonwealth.
I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long. . . so let us help one another while we may.
Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
Everybody sung in my family.
A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments.
The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and are therefore unwanted. So, spiders are helpful and protective, just like my mother.
I'm doing this for the kid who truly leads a 'thug life' and thinks it's HOPELESS.