Dust and Ashes

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” - Berthold Auerbach

"You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.” - Maya Angelou

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” - Pablo Picasso

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten” - Neil Gaiman

"Excuse my dust” - Dorothy Parker

Mountains to Stones to Dust

"With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope." - Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior, from "I have a dream" speech delivered 28 August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Picasso

"I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country." - George Washington, General - Continental Army, January 1778, Valley Forge, PA in a leeter to Congress

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." - Oscar Wilde

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." - Zen koan

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein

"Chance favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."-- Albert Einstein

"Drive thy business or it will drive thee." - Benjamin Franklin