When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

The grand show is eternal It is always sunrise somewhere

I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

Wilderness is a necessity... there must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls.

We don't treat Jesus like a puppy, soaking in his excitement over our coming home and then leading him back to stay in the laundry room when we go out to begin another day.

The hour on Sunday can be a time of wonder, a time of transformation, maybe even a time of awe.

Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

I don't watch the show - only bits and pieces of all of them. The only one I sat through was the pilot.

The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain.

It's very important to know the history and region going into it.

A virtuous girl never chases after boys; who ever saw a mousetrap chasing mice?

The secret of living is to find a pivot, the pivot of a concept on which you can make your stand.

I live in Los Angeles and I like to do a lot of hiking. I live a very relaxed life.