" No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth. "

— Robert Southey

" It was one January morning, very early—a pinching, frosty morning—the cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward. "

— Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

" In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. "

— Robert Frost

" ven as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. "

— Buddha

" The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today. "

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

" 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