"I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos. So nature is my god. To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. Being at one with nature." -Mikhail Gorbachev

"Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, the periwinkle trail'd its wreaths; and 'tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes." -William Wordsworth

“We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.” -Charles Bukowski