“Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.” —Emily Giffin

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” —Rainer Maria Rilke

“Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.” —Jon Bon Jovi

“We don't take photographs with our cameras, we take them with our hearts and our minds. They are a reflection of ourselves...wha t we are and what we think.” —Arnold Newman

“The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.” —Charles R. Swindoll

“I appreciate the little things in life because it adds up to everything.” —Lisa M

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.” —Rumi

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” —Lewis Carroll

“The most pleasurable thing in the world, for me, is to see something and then translate how I see it.” —Ellsworth Kelly

“Colors are the smiles of nature.” —Leigh Hunt

“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” —Leo Tolstoy

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be.” —Eileen Caddy

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” —Lao Tzu

“There is something beautiful in the mundane if you take enough microscope to it and focus in on something that seems innocuous to begin with.” —Ed Helms

“They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” —Frida Kahlo

“Boundless love always manages somehow to sparkle through your limited form.” —John Welwood

“Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.” —Henry Van Dyke

Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.” —William Arthur Ward

“Seeing shapes and colours without the burden of thinking about what they are will liberate your creative mind, inform your visual resources and alleviate intellectual interference.” —Philippa Stanton

“Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” —Hermann Hesse

“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.” —Stephenie Meyer

“Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.” —Samuel Johnson

“Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.” —Mark Twain

“Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.” —Carl Sandburg

“Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique.“ —Ellen DeGeneres

“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.” —Guy Gavriel Kay

“That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.” —Edgar Allan Poe

“Love yourself, even a little bit each day, and your life will bloom into infinite joy.” —Amy Leigh Mercree

“It's all a series of serendipities with no beginnings and no ends. Such infinitesimal possibilities. Through which love transcends.” —Ana Claudia Antunes

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” —Rabindranath Tagore

“Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.” —Douglas Pagels

“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.” —Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.” —Guy Gavriel Kay

“Whenever we proceed from the known into the unknown we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn at the same time a new meaning of the word 'understanding.” —Werner Karl Heisenberg

“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.” —Margaret Atwood

“The world is always open, Waiting to be discovered.” —Dejan Stojanovic

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Zen Shin

“PATIENCE is the antidote to anger, a way to learn to love and care for whatever we meet on the path.” —Pema Chödrön

“Nature herself does not distinguish between what seed it receives. It grows whatever seed is planted; this is the way life works. Be mindful of the seeds you plant today, as they will become the crop you harvest.” —Mary Morrissey

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” —Mary Oliver

“The beginning is always today.” Mary Wollstonecraft

"I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles." —Anne Frank

“Today wherever you go, carry the intention of peace, love, and harmony in your heart.” -Deepak Chopra

“Do whatever you need to slow down. It is time to explore what you are carrying within.” — Roxana Jones

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” -Helen Keller

“As you learn to TRUST YOURSELF something miraculous happens. You begin to TRUST THE PROCESS you are living and the miracles life brings!” – Iyanla Vanzant

“To drop into being means to recognize your interconnectedness with all life, and with being itself. Your very nature is being part of larger and larger spheres of wholeness.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn

“Change and renewal are themes in life, aren't they? We keep growing throughout life.” —Susan Minot