Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.