The meditative angler is not exempt from sensational periods. There are times when all the uncertainty of his chosen pursuit seems to condense itself into one big chance, and stand out before him like a salmon on the top wave of a rapid. He sees his luck hangs by a single strand of gut, and he cannot tell whether it will hold or break. This is the thrilling moment and he never forgets it.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.

Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way."

Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.