The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

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.

It's easier to fake it. When you fake it for sixteen years, it becomes part of you, something you don't think about.

Faith is a sweet fellowship with God.

they want me to be just like them but they want to be just like them

To thoughtful natures, events are like depth charges: the surface is calm, but the shock spreads further.

You don't have to find out you're dying to start living.

To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.

Never be afraid to dream.

It's normal that there be fear, in every man, the important thing is that it be accompanied by courage

We seek more and more privacy, and feel more and more alienated and lonely when we get it.

Doubt is not always a sign that a man is wrong; it may be a sign that he is thinking.