Poetry is an affair of sanity, of seeing things as they are.
Even rain and wind and stormy clouds bring joy, just as knowing animals and flowers and where they live.
Awareness is becoming acquainted with environment, no matter where one happens to be. Man does not suddenly become aware or infused with wonder; it is something we are born with.
When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.
Awareness is becoming acquainted with the environments, no matter where one happens to be.
There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace. The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten. It is an antidote to insecurity, the open door to waterways of ages past and a way of life with profound and abiding satisfactions. When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.
Life is good to those who know how to live. I do not ever hope to accumulate great funds of worldly wealth, but I shall accumulate something far more valuable, a store of wonderful memories. When I reach the twilight of life I shall look back and say I'm glad I lived as I did, life has been good to me.
Health is worth more than learning.
All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.
We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim.
all children blackmail their parents with their innocence.