"I do not wonder at a snowflake,..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The new statement is always hated by the old, and, to those dwelling in the old, comes like an abyss of skepticism.”

“A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.”

“Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour and is not reminded of the flux of all things?”

“Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground - as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.”

“THOUGH you are in your shining days, Voices among the crowd And new friends busy with your praise, Be not unkind or proud, But think about old friends the most: Time's bitter flood will rise, Your beauty perish and be lost For all eyes but these eyes.”

“Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.”

“We are cut, we are fallen. We are become part of that unfeeling universe that sleeps when we are at our quickest and burns red when we lie asleep.”

“Everything in the universe has a purpose.”

“We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library, whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different languages. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend but only dimly suspects.”