There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child — and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation. – James Allen
Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no real voice has ever pierced on its way to us, or from us to that which we can only conjecture to be without. – Walter Pater
Some of the best times Ive spent in Colorado have been in the backcountry with my mom and siblings, and more recently, with my own kids. That is why Im concerned to see todays kids spending more time browsing the Internet than exploring nature. – Mark Udall