“ I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. ”

“ We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature. ”

“ Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth. ”

“ If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. ”

“ I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. ”

“ Life is a journey, not a destination. ”

“ All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. ”

“ Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ”

“ Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. ”

“ God has no religion. ”

“ Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ”

“ Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ”