We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven.
The faultfinder will find faults even in paradise.
How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding ; How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile.
One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.
The eye is the jewel of the body.
Every child begins the world again.
We can never have enough of Nature.
A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her until you tread on it.
The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind.
Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul the work of the soul, and good for either the work of the other.
Surely joy is the condition of life.
In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
City life is millions of people being lonesome together.
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.
By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening, compels me to solitude.
Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows.
New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion.
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
We live but a fraction of our lives.