"Take this sorrow to thy heart and make it part of thee, and it shall nourish thee till thou art strong again."

“If we don't overthrow capitalism, we don't have a chance of saving the world ecologically.”

“The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the north.”

Source : Ernest Thompson Seton (2010). “The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe Journey”, p.4, BoD – Books on Demand

“Remember that that "rude awakening" which your parents and well-meaning relatives threatened you with as a kid is better than no awakening at all.”

“Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.”

“There are two types of people: One strives to control his environment, the other strives not to let his environment control him. I like to control my environment.”

“It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.”

Source : Jules Verne (1999). “Around the World in Eighty Days”, p.42, Oxford Paperbacks

“You’re unbelievable,’ said Rosie. ‘Look at me when I’m talking.’ I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated. ‘I know what you look like.”

“The only important thing is to follow nature. A tiger should be a good tiger; a tree, a good tree. So people should be people. But to know what people are, one must follow nature and go alone, admitting the importance of the unexpected. Still, nothing is possible without love. . . . For love puts one in a mood to risk everything, and not to withhold important elements.”