“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive.” – Eleanora Duse.

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. ” – Sir John Lubbock.

“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.” – Plato.

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. My mom, relaxing on a spring day at the beach – and adopting one of my favorite Emerson quotes.

“The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.