With your patient work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing. Pope Leo XIV, 21st century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #India #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Green door what's that secret you're keepin'? Wish they'd let me in so I could find out what's behind the green door All I want to do is join the happy crowd behind the green door Shakin' Stevens, 20th century #Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #India #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

We are already free ... Anxious, we keep longing for a foothold - we, at times too young for what is old and too old for what has never been. Rilke, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #MysticPoetry #SpeirGorm #Nepal #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear ... Sing your song and die like a hero going home. Tecumseh, 19th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #NaturePhotography #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

You think you're a man but you're only a boy You think you're a man, you are only a toy You think you're a man but you just couldn't see You weren't man enough to satisfy me. Divine, 20th century #Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw— For he’s the master criminal who can defy the Law ... T.S. Eliot, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #MysticPoetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #NaturePhotography #ImageAndVerse #Caturday #Cats #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Because I could not stop for Death— He kindly stopped for me— The Carriage held but just Ourselves— And Immortality. Emily Dickinson, 19th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #MysticPoetry #SpeirGorm #India #StreetPhotography #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

When you really look for me, you will see me instantly - you will find me in the tiniest house of time. Kabir says: Tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath. Kabir Das, 15th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #India #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

After you had taken your leave I found God's footprints on the floor. Now I am at the end of my pilgrimage, I leave in the evening flowers of worship, My salutations to you all. Tagore, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #India #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Rumi, 13th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Nature #Ireland #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Men that had seen her Drank deep and were silent, The women were speaking Wherever she went - As a bell that is rung Or a wonder told shyly And O she was the Sunday In every week. Austin Clarke, 20th century #Photography #Stunday #SpeirGorm #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

I and Pangur Ban my cat, 'Tis a like task we are at: Hunting mice is his delight, Hunting words I sit all night. In our arts we find our bliss, I have mine and he has his. Anon., 9th century #Photography #Wisdom #Spirituality #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #Cats #Caturday #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

Manchán Magan described all that unites us. May he rest in Peace. 🇮🇪🪔🇮🇳 "Ireland and India may seem far apart in terms of culture, language and tradition, but there are, in fact, remarkable similarities between the cultures that, once noticed, are impossible to ignore." #Travel #India #SpeirGorm

The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. Derek Walcott, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #India #ImageAndVerse #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Thoreau, 19th century #Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

From the wars against disorder, from the sirens night and day, from the fires of the homeless, from the ashes of the gay: Democracy is coming to the USA Leonard Cohen, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Nepal #ImageAndVerse #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

To be satisfied with a little is the greatest wisdom; and the one that increaseth their riches increaseth their cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaten, 14th century BCE #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Portrait #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

Begin again ... Though we live in a world that dreams of ending, that always seems about to give in, something that will not acknowledge conclusion insists that we forever begin. Brendan Kennelly, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog. Shakespeare, 16th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Halloween #imageandverse #EastCoastKin

But the Kitten, how she starts, Crouches, stretches, paws, and darts! First at one, and then its fellow Just as light and just as yellow. Wordsworth, 19th century #Photography #Wisdom #Spirituality #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #Cats #Caturday #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin

You just call out my name And you know, wherever I am I'll come runnin' To see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I'll be there You've got a friend Carole King, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #India #Bombay #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin

Well, we know where we're goin' But we don't know where we've been And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen ... Talking Heads, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Now close the windows and hush all the fields: If the trees must, let them silently toss; No bird is singing now, and if there is, Be it my loss. Robert Frost, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #WindowsOnWednesday #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Happiness can not be found through great effort and willpower, but is already present in open relaxation and letting go ... Gendun Rinpoche, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Spirituality #Poetry #SpeirGorm #India #Ireland #PortraitPhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Or did Aran rush to throw wide arms of rock around a tide that yielded with an ebb, with a soft crash? Did sea define the land or land the sea? Seamus Heaney, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Landscape #Islands #Ireland #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky

I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay, ain't it sad? And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me, that's too bad ... Abba, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #Kathmandu #Nepal #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky

Perfect joy excludes even the very feeling of joy, for in the soul filled by the object no corner is left for saying ‘I’. Simone Weil, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Spirituality #Poetry #SpeirGorm #IrishSky #Ladakh #India #PortraitPhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

I sometimes feel like a post standing in a raging sea, lashed on all sides by the waves. But I am firmly moored, and the years have helped to weather me. Etty Hillesum, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Spirituality #Poetry #SpeirGorm #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains. Li Bai, 8th century #Photography #Wisdom #Spirituality #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #Cats #Caturday #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

'Im Vorbeigehen' #FotoVorschlag In the garbage, I see a rose. In the rose, I see the garbage. Everything is in transformation. Even permanence is impermanent. Thich Nhat Hanh, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #EastCoastKin #Buddhism #JedeWocheEinFoto #PhotographersOfBlueSky

To cook the Zen way, just take the right ingredients, prepare the food, then serve it properly. Wim, 21st century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #EastCoastKin #Ladakh #India #Zen #Cooking #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #JedeWocheEinFoto #FotoVorschlag

A hand moves and the fire's whirling takes different shapes; all things change when we do. The first word, 'Ah', blossoms into all others. Each of them is true. Kukai, 8th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #Malaysia #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky

It makes no difference if you're black or white If you're a boy or a girl If the music's pumping it will give you new life You're a superstar. Madonna, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #IrishSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #Landscape #Nature

'If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him; if you meet the patriarchs, kill them ... In this way, you attain liberation. Lin-Chi, 9th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #Thailand #SpeirGorm #Buddha #Chan #Zen #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #StreetPhotography

You must remember this A kiss is just a kiss A sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by Herman Hupfeld, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #IrishSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #Landscape #Nature

Oh, to have a little house, To own the hearth and stool and all, The heaped up sods upon the fire, The pile of turf against the wall ... Pádraic Colum, 20th century #Home #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #StreetPhotography

Didn't I say, "Don't go there, I am your friend"? But if your anger takes you a hundred thousand years, in the end you will return, for I am your goal. Rumi, 13th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #Malaysia #SpeirGorm #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #StreetPhotography

I can buy myself flowers Write my name in the sand Talk to myself for hours Say things you don't understand ... Miley Cyrus, 21st century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #India #Roses #IrishSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #StreetPhotography

We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun But the wine and the song Like the seasons, have all gone Jacques Brel, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #Rivers #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #IrishSky #Eire #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #LandscapePhotography

Surely there will be a teahouse where we can drink among plum blossoms on our way to the other world. Michael O'Brien, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #India #IrishSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #StreetPhotography

The beauty of things — is in the beholder's brain — the human mind's translation of their transhuman intrinsic value. Robinson Jeffers, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #Malaysia #IrishSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky #StreetPhotography

I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance. Guru Nanak, 16th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #India #IrishSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky

Take me to church I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife Offer me that deathless death Oh, good God, let me give you my life Hozier, 21st century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #India

Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Listening to the night rain on my cabin roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out. Ryokan, 19th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Ireland #India #IrishSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ArtofBlueSky

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why, then, oh, why can't I? Harold Arlen, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #Spirituality #Birds #Landscapes #Rainbow #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #IrishSky #Eire #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky

A smile relieves a heart that grieves Remember what I said I’m not waiting on a lady I’m just waiting on a friend Mick Jagger, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #Spirituality #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #IrishSky #Eire #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Love has subjugated me: to me this is no surprise, for she is strong and I am weak. Formerly I was rich, now I am poor: everything is lost in love. Hadewijch, 13th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #Spirituality #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Poets #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #India

Under bare Ben Bulben's head In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid ... By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! WB Yeats, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #Spirituality #SpeirGorm #Ireland #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #India

Clay is the word and clay is the flesh Where the potato-gatherers like mechanised scarecrows move Along the side-fall of the hill ... Patrick Kavanagh, 20th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Annapurna #Nepal #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Travel #Art

Forbidden fruit a flavor has that lawful orchards mocks— how luscious lies the pea within the pod that Duty locks— Emily Dickinson, 19th century #Photography #Wisdom #Poetry #StreetPhotography #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Kathmandu #Nepal #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Travel