“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.”
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.”
“Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints!”
“A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.”
“…in solitude, or in that deserted state when we are surrounded by human beings and yet they sympathise not with us, we love the flowers, the grass and the waters and the sky. In the motion of the very leaves of spring in the blue air there is then found a secret correspondence with our heart.”