“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
Vincent Willem van Gogh
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.”
Thomas Paine
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“Don’t ever live vicariously. This is your life. Live.”
Lavinia Spalding
Nova Scotia
“Gardens are a form of autobiography.”
Sydney Eddison, Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older
Halifax Public Gardens, Halifax, Nova Scotia
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
André Gide
Martinique Beach, Nova Scotia
“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.”
Albert Schweitzer
Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
“When I went to Venice, I discovered that my dream had become- incredibly, but quite simply- my address.”
Marcel Proust
Venice
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
Jane Goodall
Wales