" A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way. "

— Unknown

" The silence of a flower: a kind of silence which we continually evade, of which we are afraid. "

— Muriel Barbery

" All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. "

— Blaise Pascal

" Silence is better than unmeaning words. "

— Pythagoras

" A farewell is not the end of something, but the start of something new. "

— Unknown

" The quieter you become, the more you can hear. "

— Ram Dass