He who travels west travels not only with the sun but with history.

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

There it is, fog, atmospheric moisture still uncertain in destination, not quite weather and not altogether mood, yet partaking of both.

As I stood and watched the mists slowly rising this morning I wondered what view was more beautiful than this.

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.

A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.

X is for X-mas Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket, then all your Christmases can come at once!

Aversion to change is denial of destiny.

A journey to try is not worthy to start, better to love none than starting over in relationships and getting dropped like a coin that won't get tossed.

I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.

Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older.

Again, the male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind.

The Lord Jesus is a deep sea of joy; my soul shall dive therein, shall be swallowed up in the delights of his society.

If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading.

When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.

Every single thing changes and is changing always in this world. Yet with the same light the moon goes on shining.