When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist.

Having no human companion I felt a spirit of comradeship for the objects of nature around me. In my childish way I communed with these as with my own soul; they became the sharers of my confidence.

A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself

Instead of the animistic, mechanistic, or the mathematical universe, we see the genetic, organic, holistic universe.

If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs.

Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.

The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes closer than hands and feet, of which in truth she is but the extension. The emotional appeal of nature is tremendous, sometimes almost more than one can bear.