Nature never hurries, yet everything is accomplished.

Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again.

Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.

Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.

No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so act toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.

A patient man will eat ripe fruit.