a man can break God's laws and be forgiven. That's what they teach us. But when he breaks Nature's laws, there's no forgiveness - and there's no escape. Sooner or later he pays the penalty, or his children pay it - or his children's children. It doesn't matter much. It must be paid.

But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.

It's remarkable - most remarkable, the way these people manage, from time to time, a tragedy or a near-tragedy to break the even tenor of their ways,' said Mr. Tingley, in a tone of half-humorous superiority, by which he considered that he distinguished himself, subtly and inoffensively, from 'these people.

There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.

Listen - man is a child of Nature. When he turns against his mother - he's done! He may not find out about it right away, but he will.

The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life.

There's precious little comes of telling people what they don't want to hear.