It is in solitude only that a man can be truly revealed to himself, that he can come to understand his real nature, with all its powers and possibilities. The voice of the spirit is not heard in the hubbub of the world and amid the clamours of conflicting desires. There can be no spiritual growth without solitude.

Say unto your heart, Peace, be still!

As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way.

One day it's all going to be clear. It's all going to make sense. You're going to be able to say, "So that's why God allowed that in my life!" Until then, God wants you to trust him.

Next to prayer, Fishing is the most personal relationship of man.

There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman

The purest lesson our era has taught is that man, at his highest, is an individual, single, isolate, alone, in direct soul-communication with the unknown God, which prompts within him.

The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening, compels me to solitude.

The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.