Earth teach me limitation as the ant which crawls on the ground. Earth teach me freedom as the eagle which soars in the sky. Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. - From the Ute Indians of North America

The most important spiritual function is conscience, the source of all spiritual joy and happiness. - Francis David

If we are to reach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. - Mohandas K. Gandhi

Love cannot remain by itself-it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service... it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing with others. - Mother Teresa

Beauty, like supreme dominion, Is but supported by opinion - Benjamin Franklin

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life. - Thomas Jefferson

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives. - Albert Schweitzer

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock - Thomas Jefferson

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight - Albert Schweitzer

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die tomorrow. - unknown

When one tugs at a single thing in Nature, he finds it hitched to the rest of the Universe. - John Muir

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. - Albert Schweitzer