" Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. "

— Henry David Thoreau

" Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. "

— Maya Angelou

" Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. "

— Thomas Edison

" A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. "

— Max Muller

" The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished. "

— Deng Ming-Dao

" Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound. "

— Edwin Curran