Love Aphorism #222

Yellow tulip

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.”

VICTOR HUGO

Happiness Aphorism #121

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of.  You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

ALBERT CAMUS

Success Aphorism #102

“Perseverance is a great element of success. If only you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate , you are sure to wake up somebody.”

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

I did a little bit of post processing here using the software Perfect Effects 3 to emphasize the texture and the decay. You can see the original shot below. Any preference? Which one do you like better?

 

To my Daughters…Aphorism #94

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”

BUDDHA

Flowers Aphorism #81

“With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen of pictures and some books, I live without envy.”

LOPE DE VEGA

Well, this is a nice dream about an idyllic life.

Happy Easter to all my fellow bloggers.

Contemplation. Aphorism #61

“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”

ARISTOTLE

Darkness & lights. Aphorism #49

“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.”

BRAM STOKER

Dreams

Dreams Aphorism #31 Nietzsche

“We use up too much artistic effort in our dreams; in consequence our waking life is often poor.”

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche