To those who have as yet not learned the secret of true happiness, which is the joy of coming into the closest relationship with the Maker and Preserver of all things: begin now to study the little things in your own door yard.

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"Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people, they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough."

- George Washington Carver

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"If you love it enough, anything will talk with you."

- George Washington Carver

Love

"I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn’t interest me one single a bit."

- George Washington Carver

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"All flowers talk to me and so do hundreds of little living things in the woods. I learn what I know by watching and loving everything."

- George Washington Carver

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"If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you."

- George Washington Carver

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"In loving someone as they are, we open ourselves to the possibility of true happiness."

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"Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!"

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"Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss."

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