The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

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

Man is, and always has been, a maker of gods. It has been the most serious and significant occupation of his sojourn in the world.

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.

[T]he cold warms me—after a different fashion from that of the kitchen stove.

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.

We have produced some good walkers and saunterers, and some noted climbers; but as a staple recreation, as a daily practice, the mass of the people dislike and despise walking.