We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

Darling -- I suppose the world would consider us absolutely crazy, but it is wonderful to feel that way, isn't it? Sort of a perpetual springtime in our hearts.

Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life.

Science is part of the reality of living; it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience.

The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.

The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water.