Strength

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.  ~Annie Dillard

Solo 

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.  

~Leo Buscaglia

Growth

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.  ~Confucius

Lying lie

We all know that Art is not truth.  Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand.  The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.  

~Pablo Picasso

 A sonnet

The poetry of the earth is never dead.  ~John Keats

Gathering

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.  ~John Burroughs

                  Existence

The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit.  ~Marya Mannes