To have the heart of a child is not a disgrace. It is an honor.

~ Ernest Hemingway

Girl Running, Ashland, Ohio 2009

The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it’s a different kind of life.

~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Bison rolling, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota 2010

He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in harmony with the universe.

~ Marcus Aurelius

Gila Woodpecker on Agave Bloom, Tucson, Arizona 2012

Creativity takes courage.

~ Henri Matisse

Purple Martin Bird Houses, Fort Smith, Arkansas 2007

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.

~ Rumi

Leaf, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

~ Annie Dillard

Bark, Lake Bob Sandlin State Park, Texas 2007

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

~ Mary Oliver

Yellow-bellied Marmot, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado 2010

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

~ Albert Einstein

 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck family, Cooper Lake State Park, Texas 2007

It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
~ George Elliot

Dragonfly, Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona 2011

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.

~ Isak Dinesen

Pacific Ocean, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018