#reminders for life

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. GK Chesterton

I shall never believe God plays dice with the world.

-A Einstein

If cold December gave you birth,

The month of snow and ice and mirth,

Place on your hand a turquoise blue

Success will bless whate’er you do

And there’s a dreadful law here - it was made by mistake but there it is - that if any one asks for machinery they have to have it and keep on using it. E Nesbit, 1910. The magic city

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; there is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. -- Thoreau

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those who sang best. -- Henry Van Dyke

Look to this day

For yesterday is but a dream,

And tomorrow is only a vision

But today well-lived

Makes every yesterday

A dream of happiness

And every tomorrow

A vision of hope

• Sanskrit

Only as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go,

Only as deep as I look can I see,

Only as much as I dream can I be

-Karen Ravn

Grownups love figures. When you tell them you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?" Instead, they demand "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does