No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening - still all is Beauty!

There are no accidents in Nature. Every motion of the constantly shifting bodies in the world is timed to the occasion for some definite, fore-ordered end. The flowers blossom in obedience to the same law that marks the course of constellations, and the song of a bird is the echo of a universal symphony. Nature is one, and to me the greatest delight of observation and study is to discover new unities in this all-embracing and eternal harmony.

God cannot save them from fools.

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

In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.

Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.

Nothing truly wild is unclean.