"Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
"To fill the hour──that is happiness."
"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities."