“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.” William Wordsworth

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” John Muir

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Henri Matisse

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.” Jules Renard

“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.” Theodore Roethke

“God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.” Mother Teresa