Tools - Ferramentas

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. 
They went out and happened to things.
......................................Leonardo da Vinci

Men have become the tools of their tools.
.......................Henry David Thoreau

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
.....................Confucius

Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.
.................Ani DiFranco

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
..........................Buddha

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
..........................Albert Einstein

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
...................... Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Trees

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
........................ Moliere


If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. 
...........................Confucius


Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. 
...........................Winston Churchill

He plants trees to benefit another generation.
.......................Caecilius Statius

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees. 
......................Pablo Neruda

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. 
...................................Khalil Gibran

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit. 
................................Anton Chekhov

Tree, 2008 - Fotografia Leonora Fink

Dance

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
..............................​.....Margot Fonteyn


I do not try to dance better than anyone else.
I only try to dance better than myself.
..........................​....................Mikhai​l Baryshnikov


Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.
..........................​.....Voltaire


The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.
..........................​................Isadora Duncan


Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.
..........................​.........Martha Graham


Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
..........................​.Confucius


I have no desire to prove anything by dancing.
I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself.
I just dance.
I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
..........................​...............Fred Astaire


Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
..........................​.....Carl Sandburg

Confúcio

Coloque a lealdade e a confiança acima de qualquer coisa; não te alies aos moralmente inferiores; não receies corrigir teus erros.

Confúcio

O Telhado - The roof

“Passion holds up the bottom of the world, while genius paints its roof”
==== Proverb Unknown


“Rain does not fall on one roof alone”
==== Proverb


“Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof”
The Talmud


“Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.”
==== Richard Bach


“Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.”
==== Confucius


“May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you and all your heart might desire.”
==== Irish Blessings

Essência

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
Confucius

O pior pecado contra nossos semelhantes não é odiá-los, mas ser indiferente a eles, que é a essência da desumanidade. 
George Bernard Shaw 



Those who are slow to know suppose that slowness is the ESSENCE of knowledge.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The energy of the mind is the ESSENCE of life.
Aristotle