The wilderness provides an environment for a child's inner life to develop because it requires him to be constantly aware of his surroundings.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact.

He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.

The only way in which one human being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instill ready-made opinions into his head.

The poet should touch our heart by showing his own

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.

Chance is a name for our ignorance.

I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.

The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.

If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.

Small hopes can grow surprising fruit.

... In the discourse of today's financial backers of research, the only credible goal is power. Scientists, technicians, and instruments are purchased not to find truth, but to augment power.

Let's not take Earth for granted, Let's Pay back.

It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside.

A woman with eyes only for one person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly the same impression.

The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible.

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.

Heartfelt, inspired songwritingwith a delivery both biting and assured.

You start reading C.S. Lewis, then you’re reading G.K. Chesterton, then you’re a Catholic.

The contradictory, consuming, contested relationship between detail and whole, event an eventuality, breathes fire and wisdom in every great work of art.