We are still in Eden; the wall that shuts us out is our own ignorance and folly.

It is the sky that makes the earth so lovely at sunrise, and so splendid at sunset. In the one it breathes over the earth the crystal-like ether, in the other the liquid gold.

To walk with nature as a poet is the necessary condition of a perfect artist.

How lovely are the portals of the night, when stars come out to watch the daylight die.

Amid those scenes of solitude... the mind is cast into the contemplation of eternal things.

Overall, rocks, wood and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its innermost depths.

None know how often the hand of God is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man's life.

If the imagination is shackled, and nothing is described but what we see, seldom will anything truly great be produced either in Painting or Poetry

Nothing is invented and brought to perfection all at once.

I never succeed in painting scenes, however beautiful, immediately upon returning from them. I must wait for a time to draw a veil over the common details.

How I have walked... day after day, and all alone, to see if there was not something among the old things which was new!

When you can’t reach the standards of another’s heart you must ask yourself, "What value do I put on my soul that I would subject myself to such rejection?

The more you hide, the higher the walls around you gets. The more you cry in silence, the thicker it becomes.

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.

I want to leave an album behind that is classic, that people in 50 years will refer to and pass on to their children. An album that you never bored of.

I've learned... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

Stopping an army, isn't that something you try 300 times before you do it?

I love my body. And if I didn't, I'd get on the Stair Master

If you've got a good idea and you're willing to do whatever it takes to pursue it, keep your head up and eyes open because you don't know when opportunity will come knocking.

War is and always has been a brutal exercise that destroys lives, families and communities. It is never something for which we hope.

What you need will come to you if you do not ask for what you do not need.