The child learns so easily because he has a natural gift, but adults, because they are tyrants, ignore natural gifts and say that children must learn through the same process that they learned by. We insist upon forced mental feeding and our lessons

Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

Love remains a secret even when spoken, for only a true lover truly knows that he is loved.

I am able to love my God because He gives me freedom to deny Him.

The more one lives alone on the river or in the open country, the clearer it becomes that nothing is more beautiful or great than to perform the ordinary duties of one's daily life simply and naturally.

I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.

Man is a rough-hewn and woman a finished product.