The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air, clean roadsides, safe waste disposal and preservation of valued old landmarks as well as great parks and wilderness areas. To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.