There are two ways to read Scripture - the way a lawyer reads a will and the way an heir reads a will.
I made these Sierra trips, carrying only a sackful of bread with a little tea and sugar, and was thus independent and free.
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.
I took three steps back; he nudged the door closed with his foot. “You like Mexican?” he asked. “I—” I’d like to know what you’re doing inside my house! “Tacos?” “Tacos?” I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. “Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese. ” “I know what a taco is!
I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist. ' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.
Mathematics is an art of human understanding.
A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.