It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts

The winds, the sea, and the moving tides are what they are. If there is wonder and beauty and majesty in them, science will discover these qualities... If there is poetry in my book about the sea, it is not because I deliberately put it there, but because no one could write truthfully about the sea and leave out the poetry.

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.