Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

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

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.

Long ago Apollo called to Aristæus, youngest of the shepherds, Saying, "I will make you keeper of my bees." Golden were the hives, and golden was the honey; golden, too, the music, Where the honey-makers hummed among the trees.

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.