“Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”

My heart leaps up when I behold

Let Nature be your teacher.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.

A tale in everything.

And now I see with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine. A being breathing thoughtful breaths, A traveler between life and death.

O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive!

There is creation in the eye.

Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows Like harmony in music; there is a dark Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes them cling together In one society.

Rest and be thankful.

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Love betters what is best.

May books and nature be their early joy!

One daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.

Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.

Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.

It is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Everybody loves to root for a nuisance.