“My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.”

“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.”

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”

“Swans sing before they die – ’twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.”

“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.”

“All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.”

“Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”

“One could not pluck a flower without troubling a star.”

“Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.”

“There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.”