“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and c...”

“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.”

“The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass.”

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”

“Not hammer strokes but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection.”

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.”

“And yet I have known the sea too long to believe in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank”

“. . .for in natures, as in seas, depth answers unto depth”

“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless peacocks and lilies for instance.”

“Man is a phase of nature, and only as he is related to nature does he matter, does he have any account whatever above th...”

“Nature loves to hide.”

“Meteorites don’t fall on the Earth. They fall on the Sun and the Earth gets in the way.” - John W. Campbell”