Natthimmelen

Ensom jag skrider fram på min bana
Längre och längre sträcker sig vägen
Ack, uti fjärran döljes mitt mål

Dagen sig sänker, nattlig blir rymden
Snart blott de eviga stjärnor jag ser

Men jag ej klagar flyende dagen
Ej mig förfärar stundande natten

Ty av den kärlek som går genom världen
föll ock en strimma in i min själ..


(E.G. Geier)

The light of stars

"The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities."

(Kahlil Gibran)

The "I" in me..

"The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable. I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do — for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action."

(Kahlil Gibran)

Menneskets egen ånd

"Hvem vet hva som bor i et menneske, uten menneskets egen ånd?"

(Fra Paulus første brev til Korinterne)

Guds viljes store hensikt

"Tankens energi er til alles bedste og til fremme av Guds plan. Foren dit liv med Guds viljes store hensigt."

(Den hvide magi)

Let those love now

"Let those love now, who never loved before;

And those who always loved, now love the more."

(Goddess from the sea)

Henrik Wergeland

"Naar jeg undfanget et dikt, syntes jeg at min sjæl aandet i en ren, endog kjølig atmosfære, som naar de deilige snestjerner sitter paa kvisten, og man kan se uendelig høit gjennem disse i den dypblaa luft."

"Henrik Wergeland kunde naarsomhelst klatre til himmels paa en spindelvævstraad."

(Fra "Norsk Aandsliv", 1868)

I came to say a word

"I came to say a word and I shall say it now. But if death prevents me, it will be said by Tomorrow, for Tomorrow never leaves a secret in the book of Eternity.

I came to live in the glory of Love and the light of Beauty, which are the reflections of God. I am here, living, and I cannot be exiled from the domain of life, for through my living word I will live in death.

I came here to be for all and with all, and what I do today in my solitude will be echoed Tomorrow by the multitude.

What I say now with one heart will be said Tomorrow by thousands of hearts."


(Written by my deeply beloved author Kahlil Gibran)

Mot de evige strande

"Bølgerne ruller mot de evige strande.

Ingen vet hvorfra bølgerne kommer. Vi ser dem stige op etdteds ute i oceanet, og vi hører dem knuses mot strandene.

Men i hver bølge er millioner av sjæle; de glitrer og forsvinder, som morild i mørke nætter.

Naar stormen brøler og bølgekammene krummer hals som vilde heste, kastes de om hverandre i et uendelig mylder - indtil havets ro tar dem alle i favn.

Men nye bølger kommer i jagende flukt.

De er tidehverv i slekternes liv."


(Kræmmer 1925)

Den hemmelige lære

"Å leve i verden uten å bli klar over verdens mening, er som å vandre omkring i et stort bibliotek uten å røre bøkene."

("Den hemmelige lære fra alle tider"/Brown)

The trees in your orchard

"You often say; "I would give, but only to the deserving."

The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.

They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights is worthy of all else from you.

And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream."

(Gibran)

Right Human Relations

"God, let there be Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.

Help us live with Right Human Relations so we can find peaceful solutions to the problems within humanity.

May Peace prevail on Earth."

(Prayer)

Så lenge det finnes skjønnhet og øyne å se med

"For aldri har det levet og heller ikke vil det være noen som kan unngå kjærligheten, så lenge det finnes skjønnhet her i verden og øyne å se med."

(Longos)

What if..

"What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and there picked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand?"

(Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

If You Can

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
but make allowance for their doubting too.

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating
And yet not look too good, nor talk too wise.

If you can dream - but not make dreams your master
If you can think - but not make thoughts your aim
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same.

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken
And stoop and build them up with worn-out tools.

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone
And so hold on, when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: - Hold on!

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue
Or walk with kings, yet not lose the common touch
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you
If all men count with you, but none too much.

If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run
Yours is the Earth and everything in it
And, what is more, you’ll be a Man, my son.


(Rudyard Kipling)

Gibran Memorial Plaque

"It Was In My Heart To Help A Little Because I Was Helped Much."

(Gibran Memorial Plaque)

En åndelig tilstand

"Ungdom er ikke en periode i livet,
det er en åndelig tilstand."

"Det er ikke årene som gjør et menneske gammelt.
Vi blir gamle fordi vi svikter våre idealer."

(Ullman 1840-1924)

Ethvert menneske

"Ethvert menneske på jorden vil alltid spille hovedrollen i verdens historie. Men det er det ikke mange som vet."

(Coelho)

Different roads

"Religions are different roads converging upon the same point. What does it matter that we take different road, as long as we reach the same goal."

(Mahatma Gandhi)

Under evighetens synsvinkel - Sub specie aeternitatis

"Måtte vi aldri noe øyeblikk glemme, at selv om vi lever i tiden, så hører vi ikke tiden, men evigheten til. Vi skal derfor leve for evigheten midt i tiden."

(Schjelderup/Spinoza)