“Treat the Earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestor. We borrow it from our children.”
Ancient Native American Proverb, quoted in The Green Gardener’s Guide, Joe Lamp’l, Cool Springs Press, 2007
‘The word “namaste” comes from Sanskrit and means “That which is divine in me bows before that which is divine in you.”… This gesture stands for clarity of thought, for the truth of the spoken word, and for the purity of feelings. “Namaste” is a wonderful start to the day.’
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“One of the greatest pleasures in life is to choose to create everyday ceremonies for living well, for our own sense of contentment and happiness.”
Alexandra Stoddard, You Are Your Choices – 50 Ways to Live the Good Life, 2007
“Remind me each day that the race is not always to the swift; that there is more to life than increasing its speed. Let me look upward into the towering oak and know that it grew straight and strong because it grew slowly and well.”
Orin L. Crain
“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”