Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. – George Washington Carver

The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life. – H. P. Blavatsky

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn. – C. Northcote Parkinson