If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.

Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.

A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.

Find a path or make one.