The past is always with us, for it feeds the present.

It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.

There is money to be made in the market place, but under the cherry tree there is rest.

The past is always with us, for it feeds the present.

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

To early man, trees were objects of awe and wonder. The mystery of their growth, the movement of their leaves and branches, the way they seemed to die and come again to life in spring, the sudden growth of the plant from the seed - all these appeared to be miracles as indeed they still are, miracles of nature!

I was nostalgic even as a young man. Preferred listening to Opera not Bing Crossby.