Linnea.... A plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it.

If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.

It is not God, but people themselves who shorten their lives by not keeping physically fit.

In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.

Nature does not proceed by leaps.

The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.

A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discovers are among them, as comets amongst the stars.

Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.

Blessed be the Lord for the beauty of summer and spring, for the air, the water, the verdure, and the song of birds.

I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none.

Nature's economy shall be the base for our own, for it is immutable, but ours is secondary. An economist without knowledge of nature is therefore like a physicist without knowledge of mathematics.

Forgiveness is mandatory

Ken steepled his fingers and gazed thoughtfully up at the ceiling. 'Dwarves have done very well for us in primetime.

At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.

When I finish as the host of 'Jeopardy!' I'm going to go up to Taft in central California. They have a small college there that teaches you about oil drilling.

The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1 Sam. 8:7)

Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good.

Did you ever think that maybe what you see isn't really what's true?

Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself.

The Bible, taken as a whole, can be used to praise or condemn practically any human activity, thought, belief, or practice.

Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of sickness.