For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms I move through them yet in metaphysical ones they seem to move through me.

Life has loveliness to sell all beautiful and splendid things blue waves whitened on a cliff soaring fire that sways and sings and children's faces looking up holding wonder like a cup.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

For in the true nature of things if we rightly consider every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Come forth into the light of things let nature be your teacher.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.