To everything there is a season, and a time to
every purpose under the heaven.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1, King James Version
To the attentive eye, each moment of the year
has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds,
every hour, a picture which was never seen before,
and which shall never be seen again.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.
- Oscar Wilde
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air,
drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself
to the influences of each.
- Henry David Thoreau, Thoreau’s Journal