" The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. "

— Thich Nhat Hanh

" "Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous." "

— Confucius

" The whole earth was brimming sunshine that morning. She tripped along, the clear sky pouring liquid blue into her soul. "

— Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

" A brother is a friend given by Nature. "

— Jean Baptiste Legouve

" Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything. "

— John Grossmann

" Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. "

— Gerard De Nerval