Perched on the Edge

the pictures posted on this tumblr are owned by the original photographer or artist. i try to only post/reblog photos that have a link to the original post or owner. if you happen to be the owner of any photograph and you do not want me to use it, please contact me and i will remove it immediately. i would appreciate it if you would ask with manners, though, as I do not intentionally steal work. thank you. otherwise, enjoy.

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genealogy from Lorenz Faust’s ‘Anatomia statuae Danielis’, 1585

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The countless stars and constellations that we see today were gradually formed and discovered. But the interesting thing is that the more powerful telescopes we use, the more we will find more and more stars and lives. Thus, the more we have power to see things, the more there is to see.

~His Holliness Dalai Lama (via iheartloons)

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“All the Buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be — don’t try to become. Within these two words, be and becoming, your whole life is contained. Being is enlightenment, becoming is ignorance.”

Osho (via soul-surfer)

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petitpoulailler:

adventures-of-the-blackgang: Le Language du Coeur

My Valentine Fortnight ~ Day 12

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incredibilis:

by Willian Santiago

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Orchids.

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room for everything

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Le Flâneur (music by The XX) (by Luke Shepard)

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It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Thich Nhat Hanh, from The Heart of the Buddha (via cherpeace)

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The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

Anna Quindlen (via orangelica)

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Exotic Dancers, c. 1890s. (via Retronaut)

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