“Leap and the net will appear”

“You can get discouraged many times, but you are not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else and stop trying.”

“Look underfoot. You are always nearer to the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Don't despise your own place and hour. Every place is the center of the world.”

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”

“If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature....”

“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”