No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty.

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.

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world's wildernesses I first should wander.

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

I wonder if leaves feel lonely when they see their neighbors falling?

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.