flower power

"Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men & animals. Some seem to smile; some have a bad expressions; some are fensive & diffident; others again are plain, honest & upright like the broad-faced sunflower & the hollyhock." - Henry Ward Beecher

"The best things in life are the nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then, do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that." - Robert Louis Stevenson