There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living... a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.


Laurens Van der Post

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SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Its not about where you begin, but rather where your minds potential begins...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Don't get lost in life, get lost in love...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
I find myself looking at the ocean, and thinking of you. I have wondered if at that moment you are t...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
As you pass a level in life remember that although you can never re-do any passed levels, you can co...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Its not about what you create in this life, but how you build the next...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
My hand fits yours and it feels right. My eyes meet yours and my heart takes flight. Our journey beg...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Anything is possible, when you are prepared to do anything to achieve the impossible...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Your future will depend on past lessons you've learned...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
I have been where i have been, nothing i can do about it. But it's time to stand where i stand and f...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Reaching the top was a daily struggle, maintaining your place at the top will be a life long struggl...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Our children won't be young forever, but to us they will be forever young...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Only you have the power to change everything, or nothing...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Love is the strongest emotion and always will be, so let Love lead your life and let your life lead ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Limitation is only a mindset, which can be conquered in time
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
If you don't recognise the person in the mirror its time to update your residual self image. People ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Beyond me and you, is a world of forever with you and me...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
That moment where time freezes and for a second everything seems perfect...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
My son's see me as their hero, if they only knew how they have saved me making them the real hero's
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
When pondering the limits of the universe, we are confronted by more questions then answers, conside...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
In my opinion this life is our pre-school and we are all students, if we fail too pass our destiny, ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
We can all be certain that we don't loose anything daily by losing time, because we all get older an...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
We cannot choose our fate, it is our destiny that our fate will choose us
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
By the time your children see the sacrifices you made for them, the fight you fought for them and al...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Life is an ocean of waves, deep as it is wide, with two choices, swim or drown.
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
The unconscious mind takes note of things the conscious mind has not seen
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
A fathers little girl will grow up one day and continue the legacy she learned from him...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Devotion and strength are some of the masterpieces, life has gifted my heart with. Although i am gra...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Stop shaking the tree of life to get the nuts, grow your own tree and sell the nuts...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
I'm the kind of crazy no one can deal with, but no one can live without...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
The mind of a man is a twisted place, with many roads and many destinations...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
When minutes are replaced by breaths and your heartbeat is all you hear, you will need to press your...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
We all have heroes, some stay longer then just summertime...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
In a crazy world full of the unknown, you will need two things... Your Gun and My Chemical Romance a...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Either take over, or move over...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
If this was the last quote i ever wrote, i'd want you to know that writing this took everything from...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
We imagine the day will never come, our loved one's will always be a message, a call or a visit away...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Be unpredictable and change everything...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Your fate can never change you, only you have the power to change your fate...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Envisioning and predicting our future will ensure we become a resilient species that stops engaging ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
If the sunrise stays beautiful, i will have a reason to wake up everyday...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
I could say.. Been there, done that and got the t-shirt. But i'm not here for just one t-shirt...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
It is better to fail while trying, then to never try at all...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Struggling through my life has brought me to my knees over a hundred times, but it's taught me that ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
I am that friend who comes back for you in a fiery building, but i am also that friend who will set ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
And just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, just as we must understand functions, so we must b...
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
Because my soul marches to the beat of an Icon Army, does not mean i am at war. It simply means that...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Today i am bolder then i was yesterday, fighting the fight of life like i was a soldier in it...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
The great error of our nature is not knowing the difference between the pursuit of happiness, and th...
JOHANNES DIRK VAN DER MEER
Dreams can be your light in the dark and can shelter you from the rain. Dreams can lift you to the h...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
If you can’t see your vision, nobody else ever will...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
If a bird stops flying for a while, is it still a bird?
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
When we admire beautiful things do we ever consider how much was endured to become so beautiful...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
You can give everything you have inside of you every day or night too better your life, but unless y...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
We were faster then the wind, wilder then the sunset and crazier then the morning dew. We maybe apar...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Thrashing sounds shred the air not once or twice, but thrice. Grinding airwaves into fine lines for ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
Who says your best friend needs to be a human...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE