I go to books and to nature as a bee goes to the flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.

If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart.

The fisherman has a harmless, preoccupied look; he is a kind of vagrant, that nothing fears. He blends himself with the trees and the shadows. All his approaches are gentle and indirect. He times himself to the meandering, soliloquizing stream; he addresses himself to it as a lover to his mistress; he woos it and stays with it till he knows its hidden secrets. Where it deepens his purpose deepens; where it is shallow he is indifferent. He knows how to interpret its every glance and dimple; its beauty haunts him for days.

I go to books and to nature as a bee goes to the flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.

Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides.

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.