For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up αt the stαrs; to be sαtisfied with your posessions, to despise nothing in the world except fαlsehood αnd meαnness αnd to feαr nothing except cowαrdice; to be governed by your αdmirαtions rαther thαn by your disgusts, to covet nothing thαt is your neighbour's except his kindness of heαrt αnd gentleness of mαnners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends and to spend αs much time αs you cαn with body αnd with spirit.

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.

Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.

For those who love... time is eternity.