The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

From a 1954 speech by the marine biologist, author and conservationist Rachel Carson, quoted in Lost Woods (1970), a posthumous collection of her writing.

Holding someone with open-hearted attention and giving them the time and space so they can have the freedom to be who they truly are

Yeshi Neumann

Hope is outreaching desire with expectancy of good. It is a characteristic of all living beings.

EDWARD S. AME

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. When life is bitter, say thank you and grow.

SHAUNA NIEQUIST

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.

ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH

Action is the antidote to despair.

Joan Baez

Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.

KAHLIL GIBRAN

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON