Las Mariposas Quotes

#1. Moraga's expedition of 1806 added further to the nomenclature of the Sierra. After crossing the San Joaquin his party came to a place which his men called Las Mariposas because of the swarms of butterflies (mariposas) which flew into their eyes and ears.

Francis P. Farquhar

#2. Life is a lively process of becoming.

Douglas MacArthur

#3. In my dream the shadings of your soul are the dark tincture of rain ...

John Geddes

#4. It looked like the basket of someone keen to live life to the full

Nina Stibbe

#5. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

Lewis Carroll

#6. Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.

Henri De Lubac

#7. Switzerland is one of the few countries in the world where a man's word is still his bond.

Paulo Coelho

#8. A true diamond never over shadows... it's the brilliance of the subtle shine that's the most attractive.

Dena Tyson

#9. The wounds invisible that Love's keen arrows make.

William Shakespeare

#10. But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do my best to interest you in the subject which has occupied me, and in which I am myself most interested.

Arthur Cayley

#11. What this means is that children, homemakers, executives, farmers, and long-living persons can all have high ego strength and good mental health if they possess the courage, humor, and flexibility of equilibrium between their rational and metaphoric minds.

Bob Samples