"Trees have a secret life that is only revealed to those who are willing to claim them."

~ Reinaldo Arenas

"To get something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done."

"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

 “There is no tomorrow. There is only today, and living for today. Because we just don’t know what can happen tomorrow.”


~ Cristobal, Haitian Staff (driver), for Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering."

----- Saint Augustine

"Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."

-- Albert Schweitzer

 "In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." 


Eric Hoffer

"Don't wish for things you can't do, just do what you can."

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today to make a new ending.”

"There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less."

-- Kurt Hahn

"I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing."
~ William James