“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
― Marcel Proust
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
Charles Darwin
This rose is for you Dad, always loved, always missed, never forgotten.
“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”
~Rabindrath Tagore
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
― Albert Schweitzer
“Centuries pass when nothing happens, and then in a few short years events of such tremendous importance take place that the world is never the same again …. Now’s the time to be alive– to see it happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.”
― David Eddings, The Belgariad: Volume One
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?”
― Lord George Gordon Byron
“True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.”
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Colors are the smiles of nature.”
~ Leigh Hunt
