One of the hardest lessons we have to learn in this life, and one that many persons never learn, is to see the divine, the celestial, the pure, in th….

Without death and decay, how could life go on?.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends….

I am in love with this world . . . I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its fr….

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world..

Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The g….

We are made strong by what we overcome..

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did..

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order..

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world..

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else..

Nothing relieves and ventilates the mind like a resolution..

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pa….

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are..

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open a….

If you think you can do it, you can..

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be t….

Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live..

If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart..

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention..