We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
Abraham Lincoln
The claw of the magnolia, drunk on its own scents, asks nothing of life.
Sylvia Plath
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
Leo Tolstoy
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust
The Warrior of the Light concentrates on the small miracles of daily life.
Paulo Coelho
Autumn morning by the lake