It is a vast wilderness of rocks in a sea of light, colored and glowing like oak and maple in autumn, when the sun gold is richest

There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties

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

Who wouldn't be a mountaineer! Up here all the world's prizes seem nothing

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.

…their eager, childlike attention was refreshing to see as compared with the decent, deathlike apathy of weary civilized people, in whom natural curiosity has been quenched in toil and care and poor, shallow comfort.

Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.