" I wanted to stride away while I was able to stride; to embrace the beauty of the universe. I wanted to slip out each morning, alone in...

" The world will always be beautiful to those who look for beauty. Throats will always catch when the fleeing clouds part fleetingly and...

" Our caresses, our tender words, our still rapture under the influence of autumn sunsets, or pillared vistas, or calm majestic statues,...

" Do something today that your future self will thank you for." {unknown} thankful for taking the time a few autumns ago to plant...

" I'm no reformer; for I see more light than darkness in the world; mine eyes are quick to catch the first dim radiance of the dawn, and...

" When I recall the tranquil, and even happy mood in which I passed those hours, and remember, at the same time, the position in which I...