I found the poems in the fields And only wrote them down

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

Language has not the power to speak what love indites: The soul lies buried in the ink that writes.

Love lives with Nature, not with lust. Go find her in the flowers.

The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.

The present is the funeral of the past, And man the living sepulchre of life.

I ne'er was struck before that hour with love so sudden and so sweet. Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower and stole my heart away complete

For Nature is love, and finds haunts for true love, Where nothing can hear or intrude; It hides from the eagle and joins with the dove, In beautiful green solitude.

Burning hot is the ground, liquid gold is the air; Whoever looks round sees Eternity there.

I long for scenes where man has never trod;... There to abide with my Creator, God.

I never saw so sweet a face. As that I stood before. My heart has left it dwelling place ... and can return no more.

The first step to accomplishing the impossible is to achieve it in your mind.

To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.

I've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters.

Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as it is today.

Well, I think the best form would be to put money directly in the pockets of consumers.

With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.

Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.

If you can come up with a snappy little slogan, then you have a future in winning tagline competitions or being a political speech writer.

Aloneness is the presence of oneself. Aloneness is very positive... You are so full of presence that you can fill the whole universe with your presence and there is no need for anybody.

The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself