But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I see that nature has told me something, has spoken to me, and that I have put it down in shorthand. In my shorthand there may be words that cannot be deciphered. There may be mistakes or gap

Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.

Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not a dead one, or a stuffed one, who with irresistible force urges us towards more loving.

The laws of the colors are unutterably beautiful, just because they are not accidental.

The diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism.