A man might well pray that he may not taboo or curse any portion of nature by being buried in it.

As I love nature, as I love singing birds...I love thee, my friend.

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.

I lived in Judea eighteen hundred years ago, but I never knew that there was such a one as Christ among my contemporaries.

That we have but little faith is not sad, but that we have little faithfulness. By faithfulness faith is earned.

All that is told of the sea has a fabulous sound to an inhabitant of the land and all its products have a certain fabulous quality, as if they belonged to another planet.

Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds.