36 quotes and phrases were sandblasted onto the light pole bases at the station. These decorative lights and words are particularly placed to create setting for dialog or introspection. Some are inspiring. All 36 are listed below.

“ Kites raise against, not with the wind." John Neal

It takes 39,000 gallons of water to produce the average domestic auto.

"We cannot solve the problems that we have created with the same thinking that created them." Albert Einstein

“ We are known forever by the tracks we leave.” Dakota

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."
R. Buckminster Fuller

"What could we do with recycled glass?"

"How could solar power possibly benefit us?"

"It is not safe to drink water directly from streams anymore."

“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” Thomas A. Edison

All the stones here have been gathered from the original Alvarado Creek .

"Haste, haste has no blessing.” Swahili Proverb

"Everything must go somewhere." Barry Commoner

Many of the world’s people must walk 3 hours to fetch water.

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. "Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Your thumb is the same length as your nose."

"California is the only state in the union where you can fall asleep under a rose bush in full bloom and freeze to death." W.C. Fields

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that 70% of the wetland riparian habitat nationwide has been lost or altered. This project has created approximately 3 acres of habitat for every acre we impacted."

The rose's fruit, known as the hip, contains more vitamin C than oranges. Wild Rose, Rosa Californica

"Juncus was used as a wrapping material with deer grass for baskets."

“Censorship can happen without your realizing it.” N Karavasiles

"Your best teacher is your last mistake." Nathra Nader

"It is better to travel well than to arrive" Anonymous

There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones. The Internet

“One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time” Anonymous

"The Spaniards, when they arrived in 1769, renamed all the natives "Mission Indians"

"The average car commuter generates about 7,350 lbs. of carbon dioxide a year."

"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." Benjamin Franklin

"The car is is the greatest problem for architecture.” Walter Gropius

“In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.” Baba Dioum

"This valley was the best place to travel and it still is." Richard Bugbee talking about cyclic migration of native peoples.

"Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased."
John Steinbeck

Your recycled plastic bottles make the wood-like substance of the benches.

"Everyone lives downstream from someone else."
Anonymous

The average annual rainfall in La Mesa is 13.75 inches(2004). The average American uses 150 gallons of water a day.

If you can find it before another creature, this tiny berry is sweet and delicious.
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria Chiloensis

"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see."
Gilbert Keith Chesterton