Any fool can destroy trees, they cannot run away.

Lie down among the pines for a while, then get to plain pure white love-work ... to help humanity and other mortals and the Lord.

At the touch of this divine light, the mountains seemed to kindle to a rapt, religious consciousness, and stood hushed like devout worshippers waiting to be blessed.

Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.

God cannot save them from fools.

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.