Infancy is the perpetual Messiah, which comes into the arms of fallen men, and pleads with them to return to paradise.

The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.

The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship

In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth.

Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.

Have mountains, and waves, and skies, no significance but what we consciously give them, when we employ them as emblems of our thoughts?

Never miss an opportunity of noticing anything of beauty ...

There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all parts, that is, the poet.

In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, -- he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough

The sky is less grand as it shuts down over less worth in the population.

He stretched out on the bed and was suddenly struck by how utterly lonely he was.

Oh God! that bread should be so dear And flesh and blood so cheap!

People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens.

I was just passing by. Saw the commotion. Figured you were involved.

Strip away the usual hot air, and bin Laden's audiotape is the sign of a seriously weakened man.

Out of love, women become entirely what it is that they are in the imaginations of the men who love them.

Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is close to the Way.

They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do.

The air travel industry moves into a new phase every five to six years.

I’m no more used to being without a weapon than you are. (Cassandra) She’s right about that. Her teddy bear is a six-inch retractable knife with a snub-nosed .38 Special. (Katra)