"There are moments in which a rose is more important than a piece of bread." Rainer Maria Rilke

 "So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

~ Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson)

"What finally is beauty?  Certainly nothing that can be calculated or measured.  It is always something imponderable, something that lies between things."
••Ludwig Mies van der Rohe