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…it charms mere eyesight to believe The nearest thing not trees Is the sky, into which The trees reach, opening their luminous new leaves… and thought finds rest beneath a brightened tree In which, unseen, a warbler feeds and sings. His song’s Small shapely melody Comes down irregularly, as all light’s givings come.” Sabbaths 1999 III Wendell Berry
At the end of the day, no amount of investing, no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save the natural world if we are not paying attention to it - if we are not paying attention to all the things that nature give us for free: clean air, clean water, breathtaking vistas, mountains for skiing, rivers for fishing, oceans for sailing, sunsets for poets, and landscapes for painters. What good is it to have wind-powered lights to brighten the night if you can't see... Thomas Friedman
White-crested waves crash on the shore. The masts sway violently, every which way. In the gray sky the gulls are circling like white flakes. Rain squalls blow past like gray slanting sails, and blue gaps open in the sky. The air brightens. A cold silvery evening. The moon is overhead, and down below, in the water; and all around it-a wide frame of old, hammered, scaly silver. Etched on the silver-silent black fishing boats, tiny black needles of masts, little black men casting invisible lines... Yevgeny Zamyatin
At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having some vague notion that Learning Should Be Fun. It hadn’t worked. It’s a fact known throughout the universes that no matter how carefully the colors are chosen, institutional decor ends up as either vomit green, unmentionable brown, nicotine yellow or surgical appliance pink. By some little-understood process of sympathetic resonance, corridors painted in those... Terry Prachett
It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily."So it is."And freezing."Is it?"Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately. A. A. Milne
When I had laid it on the floor. I went to blow the fire a-flame, But something rustled on the floor, And someone called me by my name: It had become a glimmering girl. With apple blossoms in her hair. Who called me by my name and ran. And faded through the brightening air. . . . William Butler Yeats
Our Father's commitment to us, His children, is unwavering. Indeed He softens the winters of our lives, but He also brightens our summers. Thomas S. Monson
Ben Sweetland quote: "We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without..."
We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. Ben Sweetland
Todd English quote: "I love celery and people don't use it a lot. Celery and..."
I love celery and people don't use it a lot. Celery and flavors in that family - it really brightens and is refreshing. Todd English
The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people. Freeman Dyson
Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at the beginning of the game, not after. It always works in our picnic matches. Paul Hogan
Pope Paul VI quote: "Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing..."
Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. Pope Paul VI
Edward Young quote: "How blessings brighten as they take their flight."
How blessings brighten as they take their flight. Edward Young
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen. Robert Staughton Lynd
Vin Scully quote: "As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens..."
As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day. Vin Scully

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