“ By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower. ”

“ When perfume bottle breaks, it smells the strongest but, for the last time. ”

“ I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ”

“ Most certainly, some planets are not inhabited, but others are, and among these there must exist life under all conditions and phases of development. ”

“ Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance. ”

“ As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad? ”

“ The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. ”

“ I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you. ”

“ There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me' ”

“ When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they? ”

“ A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars. ”

“ 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. ”