History writes the word 'Reconciliation' over all her quarrels.

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.

When in doubt, do the courageous thing.

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

...evolution is the gradual development and stratification of progressive series of wholes, stretching from the inorganic beginnings to the highest level of spiritual creation.

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.

What was everybody's business in the end proved to be nobody's business. Each one looked to the other to take the lead, and the aggressorsgot away with it.