GINGER HEALING

“I loved ginger; I've always recognized its tremendous healing power,”

Chris Reed

TRADITIONAL DRUG STORE

Traditional chinese drug store - “The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.”


Mark Twain (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)

PARKING LOT

“When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving.”

Stephen Wright (American Actor and Writer, b.1955)

STORAGE SPACE

“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”

Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. (Scottish writer, creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes, 1859-1930)

WORK DESK

“If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.”

Malcolm S. Forbes

GATE OF HAPPINESS

“Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes (American Physician, Poet, Writer, Humorist and Professor at Harvard, 1809-1894)

TOWER FOUNDATION

“I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist. 1749-1832)

LADDER OF SUCCESS

“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”

Stephen R. Covey

LOVE TREE

“Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.”

Joyce Cary quotes (English Writer, 1888-1957)

EMPTY LIBRARY

“The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library”

Ashleigh Brilliant (English Author and Cartoonist, b.1933)

STOCKWATCH

“The scoreboard can't make you a loser. If you walk off the field with your head up, you don't lose. You don't hang your head for nobody. People in the stands think you're the greatest or the worst - their opinion doesn't make a difference. The only opinion that makes any difference is your own opinion of yourself. Nobody can make you a loser.”

Dan Marino

KEY TO ANGER MANAGEMENT

“ Let this become your key - next time when anger comes, just watch it. Don't say, “I am angry.” Say, “Anger is there and I am watching it.” And see the difference! The difference is vast. Suddenly you are out of the grip of anger. If you can say, “I am just a watcher, I am not anger,” you are out of the grip.”

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Indian Spiritual leader, 1931-1990)

CHILDHOOD TOYS

“As men get older, the toys get more expensive.”

Marvin Davis (American Businessman. b.1925)

MASK Toys photos courtesy of TSAI

Volcano

Stinger

Raven

Meteor

Manta

Gator

Firefly

Condor

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TREE PATHWAY

“To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.”

James Allen (New Zealander Statesman. Minister of defense (1912-20), 1855-1942)

SEWER COVER

“Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.”

Tom Lehrer (American Singer, Song Writer and Mathematician, was a professor of Math at Harvard who wrote many satrical tunes (Poisioning Pigeons) in the 1960s. b.1928)

CITY SCAPE

“All that a city will ever allow you is an angle on it - an oblique, indirect sample of what it contains, or what passes through it; a point of view.”

Peter Conrad

ARCHITECTURAL SHELTER

“All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.”

Philip Johnson

SHOPPING BAGS

“One thing that's noticeable are plastic shopping bags; they're caught up in the plants and landscaping. We hope most people just don't dump things out of their vehicles.”

Doug Nintzel

TRASH PILE

“Who steals my purse, steals trash, but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.”

William Shakespeare (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

BAGGAGE CLAIM

“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to asses the road which lie ahead and those over which we have traveled, and if the feature road looms ominous or unpromising, and the road back uninviting-inviting, then we need to gather our resolve and carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that one as well.”

Maya Angelou (American Poet, b.1928)

BUILDING SHOPLOT

“There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.”

Buck Rodgers (Former American Baseball Player. b.1938)

MOON RISING

“They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon”

Edward Lear (English landscape Painter and Writer of an original kind of nonsense verse. The popularizer of the limerick. 1812-1888)

PLAYGROUND

“Writing is very much a playground; an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.”

Shania Twain (Canadian Singer. b.1965 Windsor, Ontario, Canada)

MARBLE RAILWAY

“Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.”

Louise Bogan (American Poet and Critic who served as poetry critic for The New Yorker from 1931 until 1969. 1897-1970)

PATHWAY AHEAD

“To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.”

James Allen (New Zealander Statesman. Minister of defense (1912-20), 1855-1942)

TICKET CHECKPOINT

It's bad enough that we have to wait to get our tickets, and now we have to get in line again to pass the ticket checkpoint.

Disgruntled public transport commuter

RUGGED CLIFFSIDE

“You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on.”

Ray Bradbury (American science-fiction short stories and novels writer,1920)

AUSPICIOUS RED DECOR ON SALE

“True love doesn't come to you, it has to be inside you.”

Julia Roberts (American Actress, b.1967)

ROOTS

“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine Kind words and kind deeds”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (the most popular American Poet in the 19th century, 1807-1882)

FLOWER MIRACLE

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”

Buddha (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

COMPASS

“What comes first, the compass or the clock? Before one can truly manage time (the clock), it is important to know where you are going, what your priorities and goals are, in which direction you are headed (the compass). Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.”

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