I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a part of life for which you are the explanation. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. – Henry David Thoreau

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars. – Henry Van Dyke