To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.
Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more ’gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
How much there is in books that one does not want to know, that it would be a mere weariness and burden to the spirit to know.
One may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth.
Science makes no claim to infallibility; it leaves that claim to be made by theologians.
The most precious things of life are near at hand, without money and without price. Each of you has the whole wealth of the universe at your very door. All that I ever had, and still have, may be yours by stretching forth your hand and taking it.
The pleasure and value of every walk or journey we take may be doubled to us by carefully noting down the impressions it makes upon us.
Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That’s Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
One is tempted to say that the most human plants, after all, are the weeds.
There is a condition or circumstance that has a greater bearing upon the happiness of life than any other. What is it? Something to do; some congenial work. Take away the occupation of all people and what a wretched world it would be.
How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats!
Without death and decay, how could life go on?
I am in love with this world. It has been my home. It has been my point of outlook into the universe. I have never bruised myself against it nor tried to use it ignobly.
If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart.
The poor old earth which has mothered us and nursed us we treat with scant respect. Our awe and veneration we reserve for the worlds we know not of. Our senses sell us out. The mud on our shoes disenchants us.
I came from a race of fishers; trout streams gurgled about the roots of my family tree.
Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.
Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides.