compassion

shared with I HEART MACRO

and MACRO MONDAY 2

La compassion nous mène à faire un stop,

et pour un instant, nous élève au-dessus de nous-mêmes.

{Mason Cooley}

Compassion brings us to a stop,

and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

shared with I HEART MACRO
and MACRO MONDAY 2

esprit

shared with SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2

in Tantan near Portsmouth - Dominica - West Indies - 1978

L'esprit n'est pas un récipient à remplir

mais un feu qu'il faut attiser.

{Plutarque}

The mind is not a vessel to be filled

but a fire to be kindled.

shared with SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2

chute

shared with SKYWATCH FRIDAY

Wadi el Obeiyed - White Desert - Egypt - November 2012

Une chute profonde mène souvent vers le plus grand bonheur.

{William Shakespeare}

A deep fall often leads to the greatest happiness.

shared with SKYWATCH FRIDAY

fumer

shared with NF INSPIRING PHOTOGRAPHY

Grand-Bay - Dominica - West Indies - 1981

J'ai décidé une fois pour toute 

de ne jamais fumer plus d'un cigare à la fois.

{Mark Twain}

I have made it a rule

never to smoke more than one cigar at a time.

shared with NF INSPIRING PHOTOGRAPHY

feu

shared with ORANGE YOU GLAD IT'S FRIDAY

I HEART MACRO and MACRO MONDAY 2

Il n'est pas nécessaire d'imaginer la fin du monde dans le feu ou la glace.

Il y a deux autres possibilités: 

la paperasse et la nostalgie.

{Frank Zappa}

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice.

There are two other possibilities:

one is paperwork and the other is nostalgia.

shared with ORANGE YOU GLAD IT'S FRIDAY
I HEART MACRO and MACRO MONDAY 2

direction

shared with SKYWATCH FRIDAY

Dinard seen from St Malo - Emerald Coast - Brittany - January 2013

Si tu ne changes pas de direction,

il se peut que tu finisses là où tu te diriges.

{Lao Tzu}

If you do not change direction,

you may end up where you are heading.

shared with SKYWATCH FRIDAY

civilisation

shared with RUBY TUESDAY 2

Chinatown - San Francisco - California - July 2012

La civilisation est un mouvement et non une condition,

et voyage et non un port.

{Arnold J. Toynbee}

Civilization is a movement not a condition,

a voyage and not a harbor

shared with RUBY TUESDAY 2

beauté

shared with SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2

Qaraouin sand dunes - White Desert - Egypt - November 2012

Aimer la beauté c'est voir la lumière.

{Victor Hugo}

To love beauty is to see light.

shared with SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2

révolution

shared with SKYWATCH FRIDAY

Nice seen from Casternou - Alpes maritimes - December 2012

Le zen semble paisible,

mais ne l'étudiez as si vous recherchez une vie tranquille.

Le zen est une révolution de l'esprit.

{Robert Allen}

Zen may look peaceful

but don't study it if you want a quiet life.

Zen is a revolution in your mind.

shared with SKYWATCH FRIDAY

aspirer

shared with MACRO MONDAY

Aspirer, chercher, trouver et ne pas abandonner.

{Alfred lord Tennyson}

To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.

shared with MACRO MONDAY

rêves

shared with SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2

Promenade des Anglais - Nice - Alpes Maritimes - September 2011

Amarre bien tes rêves avant de pouvoir les chevaucher.

{Mary Webb}

Saddle your dreams before you ride them.

shared with SHADOW SUNDAY 2

rose

shared with SKYWATCH FRIDAY

Tourrette-Levens - Alpes-Maritimes - April 2013

Je suis tombée de mon nuage rose avec un bruit sourd.

{Elizabeth Taylor}

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

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croire

shared with SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2

Mosque Ibn Touloun - Cairo - Egypt - November 2012

Croire en un dieu cruel rend l'homme cruel.

{Thomas Paine}

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

shared with SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2