This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.

The shorter and the plainer the better.

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.

Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.