Mind – Loriginals LLC: Creative Consciousness Energy

Creative Life Coaching, Reiki, Pilates & Yoga

August 25, 2022

Coaching on Wellness of Mind, Body & Spirit

Loriginals LLC

Contact: Lori D. Marchell for details

Certified AFAA Instructor, Certified CCA/ICF Creative Coach, Certified Reiki II Practitioner

loridmarchell@loriginals.org

607.759.3583

Contact Lori D. Marchell

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Living Beyond Duality

July 25, 2022

“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.”

Proverbs 3:5-6

Just as the sky reflections are mirrored in the water, our perception of knowing is being reflected back to us in order to question our integrity. As no two sunsets are the same, we are being asked to move beyond our familiar ways of thinking on the linear plane and move into a multi-dimensional existence. In order to take these new quantum leaps of faith, our familiar way of doing things is being asked to transform every day. This means that how we may do something one day will not be the same as the next. As our whole world is changing and evolving so rapidly, so will our response one day will be different from the next. This is not to be termed as being inconsistent. However, it is learning how to soar from one experience to the next as life is no longer linear in living, thinking and actions; we are now living in a circular multi-level existence, where timelines are occurring simultaneously.

“God will supply all of your needs according to his riches in glory.”

Philippians 4:19

Like the various hues and reflections in the evening sky at Highland Lake, the peace of God washes over your soul. Timelessness is evident in the ever-changing weather patterns, color configurations within the sky, smoothness to waves of the lake and season changes from the trees. Time stands still in enormous pockets of peaceful awareness as the vibration and energy present speaks volumes to the depths of ones body, mind and soul. Feeling connected to the magical wonder of the lake, she speaks ever so softly to a place deep within about inner tranquility only apparent when one quiets the mind and listens with the heart.

“Whoever knocks persistently, ends by entering.”

Ali

And so I speak about the miraculous beauty surrounding us and ask that these precious moments we are so blessed to experience be treasured in our hearts now and always. For by asking you receive and by receiving you may find and by knocking the door will be opened up to you, when it is time. Timing, that is, and patience are the final factors necessary in creating miracles. You must be still and they will appear everywhere! And so it is.

“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.”

Ernest Holmes

©Loriginal Designs

An Opalescent New Year!!!

January 31, 2021

“I accept that I hold the golden keys to my Heaven on Earth. I accept that I create my reality, by the power of my word. My word is good, my heart is pure. By the loving power of my pure word, I now recognize and accept my Higher Self as the Holy Spirit.”

The Sophia Code – Kaia Ra

“I accept that I hold the golden keys to my Heaven on Earth. I accept that I create my reality, by the power of my word. My word is good, my heart is pure. By the loving power of my pure word, I now recognize and accept my Higher Self as The Great Counselor.”

The Sophia Code – Kaia Ra

“I accept that I hold the golden keys to my Heaven on Earth. I accept that I create my reality, by the power of my word. My word is good, my heart is pure. By the loving power of my pure word, I now recognize and accept my Higher Self as The Peace that Passeth All Understanding.”

The Sophia Code – Kaia Ra

“I accept that I hold the golden keys to my Heaven on Earth. I accept that I create my reality, by the power of my word. My word is good, my heart is pure. By the loving power of my pure word, I now command my Higher Self to activate the crystalline divine qualities of Keycode 4 of the Sophia Code within me as the new operating system for my carbon-based DNA. By the power of my I am Presence, it is commanded that my heart spiral open to now flourish and blossom as The Rose.”

The Sophia Code – Kaia Ra

“By the power of my I Am Presence, it is commanded that my Higher Self anchor my commitment to live in alignment with fulfilling my destiny throughout my entire body and being now.”

The Sophia Code – Kaia Ra

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Medjugorje

“Therefore go and make disciples in all the nations.”

Matthew 28:19

©Loriginal Designs

©The Sophia Code – Kaia Ra

©Bible

©Blessed Mother Mary Statue, Medjugorje, Yugoslavia

A Holistic Harvest on Keuka Lake!

September 15, 2019

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”

John Muir

“No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening – still all is Beauty!”

John Muir

“Everything is flowing — going somewhere, animals and so-called lifeless rocks as well as water. Thus the snow flows fast or slow in grand beauty-making glaciers and avalanches; the air in majestic floods carrying minerals, plant leaves, seeds, spores, with streams of music and fragrance; water streams carrying rocks… While the stars go streaming through space pulsed on and on forever like blood…in Nature’s warm heart.”

John Muir

“One is constantly reminded of the infinite lavishness and fertility of Nature — inexhaustible abundance amid what seems enormous waste. And yet when we look into any of her operations that lie within reach of our minds, we learn that no particle of her material is wasted or worn out. It is eternally flowing from use to use, beauty to yet higher beauty; and we soon cease to lament waste and death, and rather rejoice and exult in the imperishable, unspendable wealth of the universe, and faithfully watch and wait the reappearance of everything that melts and fades and dies about us, feeling sure that its next appearance will be better and more beautiful than the last.”

John Muir

“How little note is taken of the deeds of Nature! What paper publishes her reports? …. Who publishes the sheet-music of the winds, or the written music of water written in river-lines? Who reports and works and ways of the clouds, those wondrous creations coming into being every day like freshly upheaved mountains? And what record is kept of Nature’s colors – – the clothes she wears – of her birds, her beasts – her live-stock?”

John Muir

“Nature is always lovely, invincible, glad, whatever is done and suffered by her creatures. All scars she heals, whether in rocks or water or sky or hearts.”

John Muir

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.”

John Muir

“Amos the Bordeaux Mastiff descendant of Turner and Hooch (aka Beasely).”

Thank you Paul and Sharon Kayes!

http://www.bighousebordeaux.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_%26_Hooch

©Loriginal Designs

©John Muir

©bighousebordeaux.com

©Turner and Hooch

Special thanks to Paul and Sharon Kayes and meeting Amos the Bordeaux Mastiff!

An Autumn Saunter Around Quaker Lake

October 7, 2018

“The water’s edge mirrors to us the glory of God’s creation.”

L.D. Marchell

“The reflections of our inner self become evident upon the waters’ welcoming our heart home.”

L.D. Marchell

“Timelessness is the hush of heaven.”

L.D. Marchell

“In flight we travel as our awakening state becomes one.”

L.D. Marchell

“As autumn is upon us, new life is at its door. Rejoice in its glorious finale, unencumbered now to soar.”

L.D. Marchell

“Golden yellows and brilliant burgundy accents upon us now; as only the Master Artist could envision somehow.”

L.D. Marchell

“Only God can make a tree.”

Grandma Marge Stolarcyk

“Our adventure to awakening’s pathway is the journey to the heart.”

L.D. Marchell

“Being open to all of our heightened senses, living presently in the moment, relishing the gift of life.”

L.D. Marchell

“Let there be a world to see, let it be of inspiration. Let there be a world to see, let it be of God’s creation.”

John V. Marchell

“In quietness and calmness we release and welcome all that is our connection to Mother Gaia.”

L.D. Marchell

“Through all of life’s twists and turns, it is the colorful, blissful treasured moments that ignite passion of the soul.”

L.D. Marchell

“Now abideth these three things: Faith, Hope and Love. And the greatest of these is Love.”

1 Corinthians 13:13

“Memories of childhood laughter echo as the water softly lapping into shore, recalling summer fun and hearts overflowing joy.”

L.D. Marchell

“To the revitalizing waters we are drawn, as if it holds for us all the answers we seek; Tranquility is its messenger as it renews our mind, body and soul.”

L.D. Marchell

©Loriginal Designs

©John V. Marchell

©Margaret D. Stolarcyk

Quaker Lake, Pennsylvania

Co-Creating on Thanksgiving Weekend

November 26, 2017

“Once I used to think that shadows were to hide; But now I am very clear that that is where faith, hope and love abide.”

L.D. Marchell

“It is family which has no boundaries in unconditional love, surpassed by blood lines, defined by the attunement of the heart, we seldom glimpse the vast array of soul family members until we become awake within the consciousness of the heart which speaks truth in all its purity. Therefore, become aware of your soul family as they are calling you home.”

Connie Andrea Marchell

“The conscious pause of the moment; The silent pause of the mind. The alignment of connection; Of the soul to the Divine.”

Lisa Ann Carucci Lash

“Mindfulness = apparent by the breath of life, the peacefulness of nature, the energy from Gaia, the embodiment of the greatest gift of all – life to share, give, receive, embrace – memories of a lifetime.”

L.D. Marchell

“The hawk’s confirming wings,

In circles up above,

Fly closer to us in,

A message of pure love.”

Lisa Ann Carucci Lash

“Those that mind don’t matter; And those that matter don’t mind.”

Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel)

“It has become apparent to me that the more I learn about others, the better I feel about myself; It is by selfless love that we die to self where then Christ can shine brightly through our lives. Crucifixion of the heart, then, is where the Sacred Heart of Jesus Shines.”

Connie Andrea Marchell

Look Up!

“Gold and White; Rays of sun; Infinite Love.”

Lisa Ann Carucci Lash

“Tire swings; Peaceful things. Nature brings; All of me.”

Lisa Ann Carucci Lash

©Loriginal Designs

©Connie Andrea Marchell

©Lisa Ann Carucci Lash

©Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel)

Otsiningo Park Broome County Park and Newton Battlefield New York State Park

An Outdoor Odyssey at Otsiningo Park

November 14, 2017

“Sing of deep blue skies; Of traveling mystical clouds arise.”

L.D. Marchell

“The buds push forth the Autumn leaves; In preparation for the upcoming Spring.”

L.D. Marchell

“Be it the child who teaches the parent, or the parent that instructs the child; Great Wisdom is gleaned from the mouths of babes, it seems.”

Connie Andrea Marchell

Park On Sunday

Crisp of air,

Swift of foot,

Skating, futbol, play.

Love and laughter,

Geese and friends,

Autumn, Park on Sunday.

Lisa Ann Carucci Lash

“Joyously we skate and sing; Ever mindful of the simple things.”

Connie Andrea Marchell

“Oh the happiness that springs; From just the simple, humble things!”

L.D. Marchell

“Doghead is pretty easy to learn; You just have to speak from the heart.”

“My Father’s Greatest Gift: Life Lessons from a Black English Labrador Retriever.”

L.D. Marchell

“In the fresh air and sunshine bright; I find true meaning within my life. Through the twists and turns that weave our path; the meaning becomes much clearer when you look back!”

L.D. Marchell

“Ever joyously we sway and swing; Upon nature’s beauty of everything!”

L.D. Marchell

“Muted colors, bountiful arrays; Magical wonder, Godly days.”

Connie Andrea Marchell

“Today, if you hear His voice; Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 3:15

“May your heart be full of joy: Rejoice in the Lord Always; And again I say, Rejoice!”

Philippians 4:4

©Loriginal Designs

©Connie Andrea Marchell

©Lisa Ann Carucci Lash

©Bible

Playful Practice Around Conklin Parks!

October 27, 2017

“Throughout our lives, laughter and playfulness heal our mind, body and soul.”

L.D. Marchell

“Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 18:3

“Allow the child within to come out and play!”

L.D. Marchell

“Alfred the Golden Doodle”

“The hush of heaven holds our hearts today.”

A Course in Miracles

“Teamwork and foundations are built on integrity of the heart.”

L.D. Marchell

“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.”

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata

“For it is knowledge which teaches wisdom, wisdom which teaches truth and the truth will set you free.”

©Loriginal Designs

Days of Thanksgiving!!!

October 9, 2017

IMAG1269-972x133 — Cincinnatus Lake, New York

Infinite gratitude to the beauty of our surroundings, of friends and family with heartfelt thankfulness for their generosity from the heart! May our focus on all the wonder and expansive glory surrounding us and the miraculous gift of the breath of life within us be ever kept in present moment appreciative awareness!

“It is a woman’s nature to be constant – to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever – bless them, dear creatures!”

Anne Bronte

“All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.”

Anne Bronte

“I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself.”

Anne Bronte

“A hardness such as this is taught by tough experience and despair alone.”

Anne Bronte

“His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.”

Anne Bronte

“But he who dares not grasp the throne should never crave the rose.”

Anne Bronte

“I allow she has small claims to perfection; but then, I maintain that, if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.”

Anne Bronte

“Keep a guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlet.”

Anne Bronte

“It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.”

Anne Bronte

“Our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment.”

Anne Bronte

“It seems as if life and hope must cease together.”

Anne Bronte

“My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.”

Anne Bronte

“I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes.”

Anne Bronte

“The end of religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live.”

Anne Bronte

©Anne Bronte

*(Private Yoga/Pilates Empowerment Outdoor Workshops – contact Loriginal Designs for more details. AFAA, ICF/CCA, Reiki II Certifications)

A Relaxing Afternoon At Dorchester Park

September 19, 2017

“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.“

Emily Bronte

“Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree.”

Emily Bronte

“I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading; It vexes me to choose another guide.”

Emily Bronte

“I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.”

Emily Bronte

“Honest people don’t hide their deeds.”

Emily Bronte

“I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.”

Emily Bronte

“But first a hush of peace, a soundless calm descends; The struggle of distress and fierce impatience ends.”

Emily Bronte

“If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.”

Emily Bronte

“A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad…”

Emily Bronte

“I have to remind myself to breathe, almost to remind my heart to beat.”

Emily Bronte

“…But most where trees are sending; Their breezy boughs on high; Or stooping low are lending a shelter from the sky.”

Emily Bronte

“I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free…”

Emily Bronte

“I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.”

Emily Bronte

“With wide-embracing Love Thy Spirit animates eternal years; Pervades and broods above; Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears.”

Emily Bronte

“No coward soul is mine. No trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere.”

Emily Bronte

“From the midst of cheerless gloom I passed to bright unclouded day.”

Emily Bronte

“I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”

Emily Bronte

The Other Ear Reunion Gigs 2017

July 27, 2017

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Will Durant

“Talent is Good, Practice is Better, Passion is Best!”

Frank Lloyd Wright

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.”

Vladimir Horowitz

“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it, is your gift back to God.”

Author Unknown

“Music gives a Soul to the Universe, Wings to the Mind, Flight to the Imagination, and Life to Everything.”

Plato

“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”

Ludwig van Beethoven

“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me.”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“The most valuable practice aid is patience.”

Howard Snell

“Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude.”

Ralph Marston

Thank you to Ransom Steele Tavern, Cyber Cafe West, family, friends and guests for making The Other Ear’s Reunion weekend of music a memorable experience for everyone!

Recordings will be available in the near future from the two gigs which include Ben Fambrough’s original songs as well as cover music from such artists as Talking Heads, Phish, Beatles and Grateful Dead.

Ben Fambrough (lead vocals, guitar); Chuck Kozlowski (drums, back-up vocals); Chris Carlsen (bass, vocals); Lori D. Marchell Carlsen (keyboards); with guest musicians Rich Kennicutt (keyboards) and James Michael Thompson (guitar, vocals).

A State of Zen

May 23, 2017

“Mine is the silver and mine the gold, says the Lord of hosts. Greater will be the future glory of this house, than the former, says the Lord of hosts; And in this place I will give peace.”

Haggai 2:8

“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has it so much as dawned on man, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

1 Corinthians 1:9

“Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”

1 Corinthians 2:16

“As a consequence, your faith rests not on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.”

! Corinthians 2:5

Sacred Indicators of Body, Heart and Soul.

Coaching on Wellness of Mind, Body & Spirit

Loriginals LLC

“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.”

“God will supply all of your needs according to his riches in glory.”

“Whoever knocks persistently, ends by entering.”

“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.”

“I accept that I hold the golden keys to my Heaven on Earth. I accept that I create my reality, by the power of my word. My word is good, my heart is pure. By the loving power of my pure word, I now recognize and accept my Higher Self as the Holy Spirit.”

“I accept that I hold the golden keys to my Heaven on Earth. I accept that I create my reality, by the power of my word. My word is good, my heart is pure. By the loving power of my pure word, I now recognize and accept my Higher Self as The Great Counselor.”

“I accept that I hold the golden keys to my Heaven on Earth. I accept that I create my reality, by the power of my word. My word is good, my heart is pure. By the loving power of my pure word, I now recognize and accept my Higher Self as The Peace that Passeth All Understanding.”

“By the power of my I Am Presence, it is commanded that my Higher Self anchor my commitment to live in alignment with fulfilling my destiny throughout my entire body and being now.”

“Therefore go and make disciples in all the nations.”

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”

“No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening – still all is Beauty!”

“Nature is always lovely, invincible, glad, whatever is done and suffered by her creatures. All scars she heals, whether in rocks or water or sky or hearts.”

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.”

“The water’s edge mirrors to us the glory of God’s creation.”

“The reflections of our inner self become evident upon the waters’ welcoming our heart home.”

“Timelessness is the hush of heaven.”

“In flight we travel as our awakening state becomes one.”

“As autumn is upon us, new life is at its door. Rejoice in its glorious finale, unencumbered now to soar.”

“Golden yellows and brilliant burgundy accents upon us now; as only the Master Artist could envision somehow.”

“Only God can make a tree.”

“Our adventure to awakening’s pathway is the journey to the heart.”

“Being open to all of our heightened senses, living presently in the moment, relishing the gift of life.”

“Let there be a world to see, let it be of inspiration. Let there be a world to see, let it be of God’s creation.”

“In quietness and calmness we release and welcome all that is our connection to Mother Gaia.”

“Through all of life’s twists and turns, it is the colorful, blissful treasured moments that ignite passion of the soul.”

“Now abideth these three things: Faith, Hope and Love. And the greatest of these is Love.”

“Memories of childhood laughter echo as the water softly lapping into shore, recalling summer fun and hearts overflowing joy.”

“To the revitalizing waters we are drawn, as if it holds for us all the answers we seek; Tranquility is its messenger as it renews our mind, body and soul.”

“Once I used to think that shadows were to hide; But now I am very clear that that is where faith, hope and love abide.”

“The conscious pause of the moment; The silent pause of the mind. The alignment of connection; Of the soul to the Divine.”

“Mindfulness = apparent by the breath of life, the peacefulness of nature, the energy from Gaia, the embodiment of the greatest gift of all – life to share, give, receive, embrace – memories of a lifetime.”

“The hawk’s confirming wings,

In circles up above,

Fly closer to us in,

A message of pure love.”

“Those that mind don’t matter; And those that matter don’t mind.”

“It has become apparent to me that the more I learn about others, the better I feel about myself; It is by selfless love that we die to self where then Christ can shine brightly through our lives. Crucifixion of the heart, then, is where the Sacred Heart of Jesus Shines.”

Look Up!

“Gold and White; Rays of sun; Infinite Love.”

“Tire swings; Peaceful things. Nature brings; All of me.”

“Sing of deep blue skies; Of traveling mystical clouds arise.”

“The buds push forth the Autumn leaves; In preparation for the upcoming Spring.”

“Be it the child who teaches the parent, or the parent that instructs the child; Great Wisdom is gleaned from the mouths of babes, it seems.”

Park On Sunday

Crisp of air,

Swift of foot,

Skating, futbol, play.

Love and laughter,

Geese and friends,

Autumn, Park on Sunday.

“Joyously we skate and sing; Ever mindful of the simple things.”

“Oh the happiness that springs; From just the simple, humble things!”

“Doghead is pretty easy to learn; You just have to speak from the heart.”

“In the fresh air and sunshine bright; I find true meaning within my life. Through the twists and turns that weave our path; the meaning becomes much clearer when you look back!”

“Ever joyously we sway and swing; Upon nature’s beauty of everything!”

“Muted colors, bountiful arrays; Magical wonder, Godly days.”

“Today, if you hear His voice; Do not harden your hearts.”

“May your heart be full of joy: Rejoice in the Lord Always; And again I say, Rejoice!”

“Throughout our lives, laughter and playfulness heal our mind, body and soul.”

“Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”

“Allow the child within to come out and play!”

“The hush of heaven holds our hearts today.”

“Teamwork and foundations are built on integrity of the heart.”

“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.”

“For it is knowledge which teaches wisdom, wisdom which teaches truth and the truth will set you free.”

“It is a woman’s nature to be constant – to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever – bless them, dear creatures!”

“All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.”

“I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself.”

“A hardness such as this is taught by tough experience and despair alone.”

“His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.”

“But he who dares not grasp the throne should never crave the rose.”

“I allow she has small claims to perfection; but then, I maintain that, if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting.”

“Keep a guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlet.”

“It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.”

“Our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment.”

“It seems as if life and hope must cease together.”

“My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.”