I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

Following World War II, the U.S. was the architect of the UN system, and the world financial system, and the Human Rights Declaration, and of course the United Nations is based here in New York City. But, unfortunately, especially in the last decade, the U.S. really has been turning its back on international agreements and the set of agencies and procedures that they create as a means for governing the world.

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

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

Natural history is a matter of observation; it is a harvest which you gather when and where you find it growing. Birds and squirrels and flowers are not always in season, but philosophy we have always with us. It is a crop which we can grow and reap at all times and in all places and it has its own value and brings its own satisfaction.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.