“There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.”

“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”

“There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties”

“This is Nature's own reservation, and every lover of wildness will rejoice with me that by kindly frost it is so well defended.”

“If for a moment you are inclined to regard these taluses as mere draggled, chaotic dumps, climb to the top of one of them, and run down without any haggling, puttering hesitation, boldly jumping from boulder to boulder with even speed. You will then find your feet playing a tune, and quickly discover the music and poetry of these magnificent rock piles -- a fine lesson; and all Nature's wildness tells the same story -- the shocks and outbursts of earthquakes, volcanoes, geysers, roaring, thundering waves and floods, the silent uprush of sap in plants, storms of every sort -- each and all are the orderly beauty-making love-beats of Nature's heart.”

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”