“Pull a thread here and you’ll find it’s attached to the rest of the world.”

―Nadeem Aslam

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”

—Pablo Picasso

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

—Simone Weil

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” 

—Margaret Mead

“Where there is love there is life.”

—Mahatma Gandhi

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

—Lao Tzu

“To be loved is to be known, and to be known is to be loved.” 

— Henri Nouwen

“If you spend enough time in the desert, you will hear it speak.” 

—Nnedi Okorafo

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

—Lao Tzu

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”

— Audrey Hepburn

“We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness.”  

—Thich Nhat Hanh

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

—Simone Weil

“Farming is a profession of hope”

―Brian Brett

“We do not think ourselves into new ways of living; we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.”

—Richard Rohr

“Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, and you’ll start believing in it.”

— Jesse Owens

“In a real sense, all life is interrelated. All people are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” 

—Martin Luther King Jr.

“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”

— John Lennon

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves…”

—Rainer Maria Rilke

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”

—Leonard Cohen