"It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life."

"The control man has secured over nature has far outrun his control over himself."

"The poetry of the earth is never dead."

"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?"

"Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world."

"Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird a typical American child ever sees is a canary in a pet shop window?

"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers."

"To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug."

"I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will build handsome and balanced cities

"I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness."