"There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down."

"God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages."

"How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!"

"I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Nor visited in Heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot, As if a chart were given."

"There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind."

"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."

"Gardens are a form of autobiography."

"Use what talent you possess-the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best."

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."

"Earth laughs in flowers."