Both gate and door carry symbolic meanings in language and culture, representing opportunities or barriers depending on the context. They serve as gateways to new opportunities and reflections.

“When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”—Helen Keller

“An opening is like a doorway, and there is no such thing as a doorway that you can only go through one way. Yes, we are trying to penetrate in, but what is trying to come out to meet us? It.”—B.K.S. Iyengar

“Today I close the door to the past, open the door to the future, take a deep breath, step on through and start a new chapter in my life.”—