down the avenue: A Friend's Memory

FAVORITE QUOTES

Only Those Who See the Invisible, Can Do The Impossible
The Age of your Heart is the Age of what you Love - Marcel Prévost
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I'll understand.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one opening before us. -Helen Keller
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. -Paul Tournier
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. -Carl W. Buechner
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The foolish reject what they see, the wise reject what they think
Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstein
When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you - Lao-tzu
The world surrenders to a quiet mind
It is a funny thing about life: If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it - Somerset Maugham
"At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." Goethe

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December 14, 2006

A Friend's Memory

A close friend writes to me regarding my recent Eiffel Tower post. A former New York Times writer, geek, accountant/finance guy and now a mut of all things, he says, "one of my favorite things to do when I lived in Paris was skate from my flat crosstown to the tower, sit there, watch and wait for it to go out. 1:00, I think?

The energy shift is amazing when it goes dark. I'm getting chills now. One time while madly skating home, a cop pulled up next to me, and yelled for me to get on the sidewalk. I looked in at the driver who was smiling and said "Voulez-vous faire la course?" Wanna race?! He gunned it and left me in the dust and no doubt left his partner annoyed."

December 14, 2006 in Europe, On France, Travel | Permalink