The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living.

The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man.

I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be a journey to Mars.

A first walk in any new country is one of the things which makes life on this planet worth being grateful for.

To be a Naturalist is better than to be a King.

Earth has few secrets from the birds.

Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen was uncapped my thoughts had shifted to rocks.

……but work in the field has nothing to do with dignity or with anything except patience, concentration, and eternal vigilance

The relentlessness with which these women tried to repair their relationships was foreign to me

Capital is dead labour, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks.

Jesus Christ died on the cross for everything you are afraid of.

Master the power of attitude and you'll live a powerful life.

I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come.

If you lose Heaven, you lose everything; if you gain Heaven, you gain everything.

I'm standing on my Monopoly board that means I'm on top of my game

If it went on the ballot in Colorado, I would vote to lower the drinking age.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.

O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me t'untie.