You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. – St. Bernard
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. – St. Bernard
It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment. – St. Bernard
There is a drop of blood in the snow before me…. The coyote… is in estrus…. spurred to let out a bit of herself, sending a message, telling everyone she was now ready, that the clock of her winter was ticking toward spring. – Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild