Everybody wants to go back to nature - but not on foot.

There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast.

Look, Mummy, God painted a rainbow!

The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's as though one of God's cheques has bounced.

For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.

Nature composes some of her loveliest poems for the microscope and telescope.

If you look at eggs, you will see that each one is almost round but not quite ... Nature's way of distinguishing eggs from large golf balls.

Whenever I look at a mountain I always expect it to turn into a volcano.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

I have a seashell collection; maybe you've seen it? I keep it on beaches all over the world.