" Valentine's Day is a love-note to the rest of the year. Graciously, it comes at a perfect time to be savored - that period of calm between winter holiday commotion and spring enticements. "

— Jo Lightfoot

" Silence is better than unmeaning words. "

— Pythagoras

" "Doubt everything. Find your own light." "

— Buddha

" Friends come and go like waves of the ocean, but the true ones stick, like an octopus on your face. "

— Unknown

" Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs. "

— Amin Maalouf

" "Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." "

— Ronald Reagan