“I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.”

“I was awakened by a tremendous earthquake, and though I hadn ever before enjoyed a storm of this sort, the strange thrilling motion could not be mistaken, and I ran out of my cabin, both glad and frightened, shouting, "A noble earthquake! A noble earthquake" feeling sure I was going to learn something.”

“The sun shines not on us but in us.”

“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”

“Going to the woods is going home.”

“Going to the mountains is going home.”

“C. albus...I think the very loveliest of all the lily family,- a spotless soul, plant saint, that every one must love and so be made better. It puts the wildest mountaineer on his good behavior. With this plant the whole world would seem rich though non other existed.”