“We must believe there are places where tranquility still exists and nature is given back her power to speak”

“Reading doesn't put you to sleep... it makes you dream...”

“When we are young we squander time as though it were unlimited; When we grow older, then like beggars we wish for crumbs of remembrance...”

“Having no curiosity can be a dangerous thing..”

“God's beauty is better by far than anything that comes out of a jar..”

“To rid oneself of the past is to forgo the future...”

“Such was the hidden power of nature, capable of producing extreme beauty and cruelty at the same time.”

“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...”

“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.”

“Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")”

“To imbibe so much quiet is to become the music inside it.”