Nature had gathered her choicest treasures , to draw her lovers into close and confiding communion with her

It may not be easy, life isn't easy, but dreams keep you alive.

Heaven knows that John the Baptist was not more eager to get all his fellow sinners into the Jordan than I to baptize all of mine in the beauty of God's mountains.

I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.

When I first caught sight of (Mount Shasta) over the braided folds of the Sacramento Valley I was fifty miles away and afoot, alone and weary. Yet all my blood turned to wine, and I have not been weary since.

In God's wildness lies the hope of the world.

I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.