“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” Virginia Woolf – A Room of One’s Own, 1929. Alexander Akerbladh – Portrait in Blue and Gold, c.1920.
“It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.” Marcus Aurelius Alexandre Jacob – Early Morning, 1876-1972.
“Life’s most precious moments are not all loud or uproarious. Silence and stillness has its own virtues.” Kilroy J. Oldster Kazimierz Sichulski – Angel, 1911.
“I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” Helen Keller Odilon Redon – Violette Heymann, 1910.