The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.
quote by Max Lerner
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David, the marble sculpture....
the human
male sculpture of David
stands tall
naked to the tourist
amazed
to the greatness of
the marble
body
was it the story of this
man whose stone did not
miss Goliath?
was it the genius of his
creator who mastered
the curves and
balance via
the marble and the
chisel?
or is it this unending feeling
of the tourist
still unsatisfied about what
is lustful and
beautiful?
if you have seen and touched
it by now you must
have understood
what it is to be naked
admired
and then abandoned
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Prime Search Locations
'I went in search of a word from God.' Kevin Carney
“A modern trend, the vain search,
age of information, wisdom of the world,
looking in all the wrong places; ”
God is everywhere and within us,
God promised if we look we will find God,
some places are prime search locations,
others seductive trap a denial of God.
See also ‘Looking In All The Wrong Places’.
poem by Terence George Craddock
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A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.
quote by Katharine Butler Hathaway
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Sonnet: On Greatness
Greatness is not a thing, much like an art;
Some man turns great if on it he stumbles;
His greatness ceases, if he thinks, he's great;
Great is he truly who tho' great, humbles.
Greatness is not true greatness, self-proclaimed;
Greatness is not what world showers on us;
Greatness is neither got by being claimed.
Greatness is not achieved by making fuss.
Greatness could come if world decides to give;
Greatness will stay if God blesses our work;
Such greatness, God-destined comes while men live;
Greatness can grow even without much luck.
Greatness doesn't come to everyone on earth;
Some men are made great; some are great by birth.
poem by John Celes
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
quote by Lyndon B. Johnson
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How? How can we value right the human heart?
Above all else, should
mankind
need education
to be Human?
What do we need
to have in our views
'new' ways of education?
How do we cradle
in world's arms
next generations?
They needs to find
the key we've lost
for centuries.
'Why' and 'what
brought us here'
We need to stop these queries,
shall search no more.
The only question
that we have to try
is: 'how? '
How to bring back
the memory of
of our ancestor's
harmony?
How simple: Of course!
By improvised
Connection!
Go near by a tree or the sea,
the stone cave
or anything not build
by the man's hand
take deep breathe
close your eyes
listen, observe
let go of self.
.....With no bang.....
the heart is wide open....
...harmony starts...
.We are a part of everything.
.........Wisely Relaxed..............
...connecting now to human hearts, forgot these times...
poem by Elena Sandu
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Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.
quote by Wellington Mara
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I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door.
quote by Harrison Birtwistle
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Human Greatness Is Not All
HUMAN GREATNESS IS NOT ALL
Human greatness is not all-
Even Shakespeare will be dust-
Dust dust and more dust-
Stars die- Galaxies die -
The universe will die -
All of us will die-
Human greatness is not all,
And Shakespeare too will be dust.
poem by Shalom Freedman
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Consistent Excellence
Go...
Ask anyone of your neighbors,
How difficult it is...
To produce consistent excellence.
With a doing done you do,
To ensure your life...
Is lived to make sense.
With the best from yourself,
To show those your excellence...
Is not some luck that has been sent.
Your excellence is what is meant.
Go...
Ask anyone of your neighbors,
And when you are done...
Ask your friends and family too,
If consistent excellence with a bit of sweat...
Is something done you know they do,
For themselves.
And nothing from them to you to prove.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.
The Ultimate Creature
In every settlement
Built by the universe
At the dawn of the Word
The human remained unsettled
To spell himself
Framed in pain and bliss
Until the end of centuries
First wedded in joy
Endless places to penetrate
Consider the possibilities of being
Everything he was made for
poem by Miroslava Odalovic
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Soul Dance
I will dance with you
It will be the dance of my soul
I will be open and honest
Show you my inner being
I will trust you
Take you to places in my soul that have been broken and restored
Places that cause pain and healing
Places that have hated and loved
Places I have forgotten and remembered
Places I have not visited in a long time and places I go every day
I will dance with you the dance of my soul
And feel your soul dance with mine to those same places in yours
poem by Mandi Ducroq
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The lotus in the heart
How many centuries of centuries and trust
did it take the lotus
to take that crazy jump
from the known earth to unknown laws of water –
to learn how to feed itself, to blossom,
to float on the water
without the water dampening its trusting, open petals?
That same love that taught it all these things
may teach that lotus in my heart
over centuries of centuries
or in one crazy, trusting jump.
*
[leaning on Kabir's ‘jis se rahani apar jagat men’]
poem by Michael Shepherd
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Secret Places...Rainbows
The arch of secret places
Where dreamers go,
Hands and hearts open,
In search of love's promises.
January 27,2008
poem by Dorothy Holmes
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
quote by Lactantius
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Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention.
quote by Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
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Wave Em Off
From a distance, you can witness the glow from my entourage
Gravitate towards the ambiance
see me & my men on CNN, then the birth of the inevitable hate begin
cause hate is the chld to greatness
the glue between Neo & the Smiths in the matrix, yin to the yang
It just must be, ask anybody with a Grammy or an MVP
[B SECTION]
I said stop, get out, I don't need this hate around me
All your negativity might drown me I just try to go hard, doing my job
Stop, get out - the whole world loves me cause I do what I do
& I don't like the energy coming from you Trying to play me soft, wave em off
[CHORUS]
down my paper makin
crooked eyes
on
crooked eyes
Coming of age I invaded nations, on stage, I seen Haitian & Asian faces
No vacations just more locations, I go places, so chasing my vocation
situations
hatin'
stress me
I got bigger fish to fry & I could stand on my wallet, probably kiss the sky
things you can't deny
Truth is, Great do need Hate to survive, so I...
[CHORUS]
Block 'em out, ignore 'em (wave em off)
Don't pay these jokers no mind (wave em off)
get off
excellence
Same way hope comes with fear, yo,
Greatness lives here, then 'hateness' lives here, Trust!
[CHORUS]
song performed by by Will Smith
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Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
quote by Charles Simmons
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Well, it was just, the bars was all just like the bamboo roofs and everything. You know. As I say, to me, it's completely spoiled all, all these places now. Make them all just tourist traps.
quote by David Walker
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