There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart …. pursue those. — anonymous

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

—- Francois De La Rochefoucald

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. — Martin Luther King Jr

thoreau, “ktaadn and the maine woods,” 1848

to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

ee cummings

… We make a life by what we give!” – Unknown

I like this quote, because it makes me think about the more important things in life.

——————– Albert Einstein