"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be."

Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us."

Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)

"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful."

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."

Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944 - present)

"To live is the rarest thing in the world.  Most people exist, that is all."

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach."

Anne Spencer (1882-1975)