And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
- William Shakespeare
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
- Abraham Lincoln
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
- Helen Keller
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
- Khalil Gibran
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.
- William Wordsworth