My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

~ Dalai Lama

Prairie Dog Hug, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota 2010

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

~ Maya Angelou

Wood Duck Drake, Fort Lowell Park, Tucson, Arizona 2009

The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful.

~ Albert Einstein

Cholla Flower, Tucson, Arizona 2013

It is far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness.
~ William L. Watkinson

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport, Oregon 2018

Being a candle is not easy; in order to give light one must burn first.
~ Rumi

Colorful Flames, Elliott Farms, Dallas, Oregon 2018

You can’t leave footprints in the sands of time by sitting down.
~ Nelson Rockefeller

Fox Tracks, Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, Vail, Arizona 2016

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

~ Oscar Wilde

Colorful Sea Foam Bubbles, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018

I am seeking, I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.

~ Vincent van Gogh

Cruz, Mountain Lion, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2015

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

~ Oscar Wilde

Mockingbird, Cooper Lake State Park, Cooper, Texas 2007

Nothing is impossible to a valiant heart.

~ Jeanne D’Albret

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2008