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

once a man had thrust his hands into the soil and knew the grit of it between his teeth, he felt something rise within him that was not of his day or generation, but had persisted through birth and death from a time beyond recall.

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.

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.

I don't see as it matters much how well you mean if it's harm you're doin'.

God, what pathetic creatures had inherited the earth, to walk a little while with their eyes upon the stars and turn their gaze too soon upon the ground that held their feet!

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