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.

What a severe yet master artist old Winter is... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel.

Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed upon themselves. Blessed is the person who has some congenial work, some occupation in which to place one's heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces that are in him or her.

Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Don't despise your own place and hour. Every place is the center of the world.

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

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