Each one must make a quiet place
Within his heart, where he can go
To find himself, and for a space
Drink deeply where still waters flow

Inga Gilson Caldwell

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to the earth. I know not where ...
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past ... Mme Chiang Kai-shek

The tints of autumn — a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, Frost ... John Greenleaf Whittier

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead ... Louisa May Alcott

There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone ... Edwin Markham

There is no such thing as chance; and what seems to us the merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny ... Schiller

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success ... Henry Ford

Life's evening will take its character from the day that proceeded it ... Shuttleworth

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem ... Booker T Washington

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting — a wayside sacrement. Welcome it in every fair face, in every sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing ... Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well educated family ... Thomas Scott

It is not in life's chances but in its choices that happiness lies ... Author Unknown

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny ... Carl Shurz

Autumn ... the year's last, loveliest smile ... Bryant

This truth I find implicit in the sunset — while we, from one point of view, are departing from the light of our life, we are at the same time approaching it from another angle, the resugent angle of daybreak ... Oacar Ostlund

The hush before dawn ... the time when people and earthly things are stilled ... May Shipp Bruce

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being ... Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light ... Albert Schweitzer

You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love ... Henry Drummond

Only a child can catch a raindrop, or see any value in puddles ... D F Gill

Of 21 notable civilizations, 19 perished not from conquest from without, but from decay from within ... Arnold Toynbee

Life is a magic vase filled to the brim; so made that you cannot dip into it or draw from it; but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it. Drop in malice and it overflows hate; drop in charity and it overflows love ... Ruskin

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those who sang best ... Author Unknown

Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumines his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence ... Street

An old friend is like a full-blown rose, each velvet petal a pleasant memory. Its fragrance recalls sweetness that grows with years of love, understanding and sympathy ... Margaret Trenton Crawford

I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company ... Henry David Thoreau

The music is April In Portugal

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