daily contemplation

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

~ Anais Nin

"Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in the order of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being."

~ Christopher Dawson

"No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it."

~ Seneca