“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”

“Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

“It can make you sad to look at pictures from your youth. So there’s a trick to it. The trick is not to look at the later pictures.”

“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”