Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art. ~ Seneca

[Image: Shop window at dusk, Rome, Italy.]

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. ~ Thomas Carlyle

[Image: Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, California.]

It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. ~ Claude Monet

[Image: Artist's rendition of lotus pond, Denver Botanic Gardens.]

I am the woman offering two flowers – whose roots are twin – Justice and Hope. ~ Alice Walker

The life we have on earth must have spontaneously generated itself. It must, therefore, be possible for life to be generated spontaneously elsewhere in the universe. ~ Stephen Hawking

Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing. ~ Randolph S. Bourne

[Image: Biloxi, Mississippi Gulf Coast.]

The brightest light you can have to guide a harmonious life that blossoms with higher values is already your heritage. You can find it just like a great work of art is brought to light from a granite or marble piece, by chipping off whatever conceals that form in the block of marble or stone. ~ Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati

The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

[Image: Evening skies over western Texas.]

When nothing is sure, everything is possible. ~ Margaret Drabble

[Image: West Virginia wildflower.]

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. ~ Seneca

[Image: Mums, Historical Downtown, Staunton, Virginia.]