“When you create something new, you’re breaking tradition, which is an act of defiance.” —Steven Strogatz

“I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up.” —Shane Koyczan

“Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.” —Mary Zimmerman

“If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”

“We have to nourish our insight into impermanence every day. If we do, we will live more deeply, suffer less, and enjoy life much more.” —Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency.” —Rebecca Solnit

“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” —Aldo Leopold

“Love is not a state of sentiment; it is a labor of fierce and transformative care.” —Valarie Kaur

“In silence, some of us hear the rhythmic pattern of everything in motion.” —Wyatt B. Pringle, Jr

“You have to create space; you have to remove something; you have to break something down in your life, in order to bring in the new.” —Kathrin Zenkina