Walls, Refresh, Discreet

Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who
cares enough to break them down.
~ Banana Yoshimoto

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will
flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their
own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will
drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.
~ John Muir

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be
mysterious about any.
~ Arthur Wellesley

Future, Jilted, Foolish

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees
nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.
~ Jim Bishop

To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to
forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.
~ Moliere

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
~ Colette

Persist, Usefulness, Quartet

We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
~ Tobias Wolff

Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be
preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.
~ Sir Francis Bacon

[T]here's no bad day that can't be overcome by listening to a
barbershop quartet; this is just truth, plain and simple.
~ Chuck Sigars

Theories, Faith, Force

I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has
data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead
of theories to suit facts.
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way
we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely
convinced of God's existence think faith is impossible for them. Not
so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something
you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the
more heroic your faith.
~ Real Live Preacher

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
~ Abraham Lincoln