Native American Wisdom
Beauty, in our eyes, is always fresh and living, even as God, the Great Mystery, dresses the world anew at each season of the year.
— Ohiyesa in The Wisdom of the Native Americans edited by Kent Nerburn
Catholic Wisdom
Spirituality is not knowing what you want but understanding what you need.
— Anthony DeMello in The Heart of the Enlightened
Spiritual Wisdom
The purpose of the craft is not so much to make beautiful things as to become beautiful inside while you are making those things.
— Susan Gordon Lydon in The Knitting Sutra
Literary Wisdom
Just because some of us can read and right and do a little math, that doesn’t mean that we deserve to conquer the universe.
— Kurt Vonnegut in The Myth of Human Supremacy by Derrick Jensen
Psychological Wisdom
Pleasure, like beauty and order, is one of the few great powers that move the universe.
— James Hillman, American psychologist
Philosophical Wisdom
Clothing stores are marvelous places to advance your tactile education. Visit your favorite to touch the tweeds, embrace the brocades, shimmy into silks, and meet the starch cotton on it own terms.
— Jean Houston in A Passion for the Possible
Proverb
A beautiful thing is never perfect.
— Egyptian Proverb