There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

No beast has ever overcome the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force.

There is great satisfaction in a well-made clean tool that does its work well.

The man who worries morning and night about the dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving the dandelions.

The happiest life has the greatest number of points of contact with the world, and it has the deepest feeling and sympathy with everything that is.

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon.