As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.

I have seen some whose consciences, owing undoubtedly to former indulgence, had grown to be as irritable as spoilt children, and at length gave them no peace. They did not know when to swallow their cud, and their lives of course yielded no milk.

We are independent of the change we detect. The longer the lever, the less perceptible its motion. It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely; we shall sooner overtake the dawn by remaining here than by hurrying over the hills of the west.

Shall a man not have his spring as well as the plants?

I saw a muskrat come out of a hole in the ice ... While I am looking at him, I am thinking what he is thinking of me. He is a different sort of man, that's all.

Man emulates earth Earth emulates heaven Heaven emulates the Way The way emulates nature.

Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.