Le montagne sono sempre generose. Mi regalano albe e tramonti irripetibili; il silenzio è rotto solo dai suoni della natura che lo rendono ancora più vivo.
Tiziano Terzani
"Mountains are always generous. They give me unique sunrises and sunsets, and their silence is only broken by the sounds of nature, which render them even more 'alive'."
I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again".
"Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carrol
Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Sempre caro mi fu quest'ermo colle, e questa siepe, che da tanta parte dell'ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude. Ma sedendo e mirando, interminati spazi di là da quella, e sovrumani silenzi, e profondissima quiete io nel pensier mi fingo; ove per poco il cor non si spaura. E come il vento odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello infinito silenzio a questa voce vo comparando: e mi sovvien l'eterno, e le morte stagioni, e la presente e viva, e il suon di lei. Così tra questa immensità s'annega il pensier mio: e il naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare.
"L'infinito" by Giacomo Leopardi
"This solitary hill has always been dear to me and this hedge, which prevents me from seeing most of the endless horizon. But when I sit and gaze, I imagine, in my thoughts endless spaces beyond the hedge, an all encompassing silence and a deeply profound quiet, to the point that my heart is almost overwhelmed. And when I hear the wind rustling through the trees I compare its voice to the infinite silence. And eternity occurs to me, and all the ages past, and the present time, and its sound. Amidst this immensity my thought drowns: and to founder in this sea is sweet to me."
Faith is the force of life. If a man lives, then he must believe in something. If he did not believe that there was something he must live for he would not live. If he does not see and comprehend the illusion of the finite he will believe in the finite. If he does understand the illusion of the finite, he is bound to believe in the infinite. Without faith it is impossible to live.
Lev Tolstoj
Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.
A. A. Milne, Whinnie-the-Pooh
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
Winston Churchill
"It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!"
"Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Patterson