"Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see."

“God, Creativity, and Evolution: The Argument from Designers by Michael L. Benedikt”

“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”

“A free America, democratic in the sense that our forefathers intended it to be, means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call 'democracy' is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.”

“Pictures deface walls oftener than they decorate them.”

“Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”