The earth turns, and the seasons, and for all his pride and power man cannot temper the winds or change their course. They are the unseen tides that shape our days and our years.

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.

You must be wise and act with wisdom

Children have no business expressing opinions on anything except "Do you have enough room in the toes?

The best thing in life is life itself.

When you throw everything up in the air anything becomes possible.

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

Brazil, I'm totally obsessed. I've been going since I was 17, and the first time I went, I fell in love with it.

As a working hypothesis to explain the riddle of our existence, I propose that our universe is the most interesting of all possible universes, and our fate as human beings is to make it so

I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.

There are lawyers advising to sue, so the lawyers can keep their retainments.