Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

If you want to go east, don't go west.

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.