"Whosoever has a mind that is free ...."

“Whosoever has a mind that is free, may go forth to the fields and to the woods, inhaling joyous renovation from the breath of Spring, or catching from the odours and sounds of Autumn some diviner mood of sweet sadness, which improves the softened heart.”

Percy Bysshe Shelley

"So will I build my altar in the fields ...."

“So will I build my altar in the fields,
And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be,
And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields
Shall be the incense I will yield to Thee,
Thee only God! and thou shalt not despise
Even me, the priest of this poor sacrifice”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Secretly we spoke ...."

Secretly we spoke,
     that Wise one and me.
I said, Tell me the secrets of the world.
He said, Sh... Let silence
Tell you the secrets of the world.

Rumi

"I count life just a stuff ...."

“I count life just a stuff

To try the soul’s strength on, educe the man.”

Robert Browning

"A merry heart goes all the way ...."

“A merry heart goes all the way, A sad one tires in a mile.”

William Shakespeare

"A little love, a little trust ...."

"A little love, a little trust,

A soft impulse, a sudden dream,

And life as dry as desert dust,

Is fresher than a mountain stream."

Stopford A Brooke