March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes and a laugh in her voice.

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

There it is, fog, atmospheric moisture still uncertain in destination, not quite weather and not altogether mood, yet partaking of both.

As I stood and watched the mists slowly rising this morning I wondered what view was more beautiful than this.

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.

A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.

People don't want advice...only corroboration.

Self-respect governs morality: respect for others governs our behavior.

It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.

As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.

My skin is like a map of where my heart has been And I can't hide the marks It's not a negative thing.

History, which interprets the past to understand the present and confront the future is the least rewarding discipline for a dying species.

Look at the people you don't love and see them as an exercise for you to open your heart.

Human beings understand too much.