Peace.
it does not mean to be in a place
where there is no noise,
trouble or hard work.
it means to be in the midst of those things
and still be calm in your heart.

- unknown

I beg you... to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves
as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language.
don't search for the answers,
which could not be given to you now,
because you would not be able to live them.
and the point is to live everything.
live the questions now.
perhaps then,
someday far in the future,
you will gradually, without even noticing it,
live your way into the answer.

- rainer maria rilke

whatever you can do, or dream you can,
begin it.
boldness has genius,
power and magic in it.

- goethe

at every crossroad, follow your dream.
it is courageous to let your heart lead the way.

- leland thomas

To laugh often and much,
to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children,
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends,
to appreciate beauty,
to find the best in others,
to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch...
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
this is to have succeeded!

- emerson