“Love of learning is a pleasant and universal bond since it deals with what one is and not what one has.”

“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this ...”

“The beckoning counts, not the clicking latch behind you”

“Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.”

“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”

“Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.”

“Sometimes, insatiable curiosity and compassion are all that life requires of us.”

“If spectacle is lacking in everyday life, it may be because we have forgotten where and how to look.”

“Sometimes it seems to me that man is come where he is not wanted, where there is no place for him; for if not, why should he want all the place? Why should he run about here and there making a grea...”

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”