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.

I have come to believe that the best kind of walk, or journey, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out.

I... allowed my memory to journey back to the days when I was a boy of ten, full of health and optimism, when my wonder at the great game of living had yet to give way to disillusionment at its shabbiness.

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

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.

Hinduism comes closest to being a nature religion. Rivers, rocks, trees, plants, animals, and birds all play their part, both in mythology and everyday worship. This harmony is most evident in remote places like this, and I hope it does not loose its unique character in the ruthless urban advance.