A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
The Big Tree is Nature's forest masterpiece, and so far as I know, the greatest of living things.
No words will ever describe the exquisite beauty and charm of this mountain park – Nature’s landscape garden at once tenderly beautiful and sublime. No wonder it draws nature-lovers from all over the world.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
When I first caught sight of (Mount Shasta) over the braided folds of the Sacramento Valley I was fifty miles away and afoot, alone and weary. Yet all my blood turned to wine, and I have not been weary since.
I am very blessed. The Valley is full of people, but they do not annoy me. I revolve in pathless places and in higher rocks than the world and his ribbony wife can reach.
As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing.
The truth I know for sure is that god is the creator of all things. And to not take ourselves too seriously.
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.