Rebecca Solnit on Pain and Processing - Pain serves a purpose Without it you are in danger What you cannot feel you cannot take care of
Arna Bontemps on ancestry and dreams - Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky
Martin Luther on Pride and Joy - Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces I would still plant my apple tree
Rachel Carson on Nature and Strength - Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts
Muriel Rukeyser on Storytelling - The Universe is made up of stories not atoms
John Muir on Nature and Breaking Free - Keep close to Natures heart and break clear away once in a while and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods Wash your spirit clean
Jane Yolen on Wisdom and Growth - Admitting one does not understand is the beginning of wisdom
Mooji on learning and discovery - When you are curious you learn When you are desperate you discover
Brene Brown on being a role model - We have to be the women we want our daughters to be.
Swami Sivananda on integrity and success - Put your heart mind and soul into even your smallest acts This is the secret of success
Panin on Living Well - The art of living consists of keeping an earthly step to heavenly music
Thich Nhat Hanh on beauty in our natural world - When we recognize the virtues the talent the beauty of Mother Earth something is born in us some kind of connection Love is born
Kathleen Norris on Peace and Home - Peace — that was the other name for home
Stephen Victor on vulnerability and love - When someone reveals themselves completely, it's impossible not to love them
Guillaume Apollinaire on happiness and the present moment - Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy
Robert Ingersoll on hope and blessings - Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers
Jack Kerouac on Passion - My fault my failure is not in the passions I have but in my lack of control of them
John Ed Pearce on Home and Nostalgia - Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave and grow old wanting to get back to