How glorious a greeting the sun gives.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

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

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

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

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

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.

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.

The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.

Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.