One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.
There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.
To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!
Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now...
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.