Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.
In nature we never see anything isolated but everything in connection with something else which is before it beside it under it and over it.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything even nature.
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished.
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
For every person who has ever lived there has come at last a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert where man is never lonely for he feels life stirring on all sides.
It is written on the arched sky it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh I was proud.