" Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. "

— Henry David Thoreau

" Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. "

— Charles de Gaulle

" Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One. "

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. "

— Dalai Lama

" Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. "

— Daphne du Maurier

" Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. "

— Marie Curie