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- And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, Scene i, Lines 15-17
- If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.
- Hannah More
- Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
- Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It
- It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.
- Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
- Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest.
- Colleen Wainwright, Communicatrix, 08-06-08
- Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
- Dianne Houston, Take The Lead, 2006
- It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.
- Pythagoras (582 BC - 507 BC)
- I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.
- Richard Greenberg, NY Times Magazine, 03-26-2006
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