“We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in t...” — Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote

“We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.”

“When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. When, however, it forms its judgment, as it usually does, on the intuitions of its great and warm heart, the conclusions thus attained are often so profound and so unerring as to possess the character of truth supernaturally revealed.”

“In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.”

“Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.”

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

“Look, as an institutionalist who recognizes the power of incrementalism in the slow but steady march to equality, I'm used to seeing the forest for the trees.”

“I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.”

“A company that can't fire people well is like a forest that never has a fire. It becomes overgrown, full of weeds, and it fails.”

“I have vivid memories of leaving North Borneo at 8, and I remember the vast canopy of rain forest.”

“Mom would say, 'Get out of the house,' and we would just go. We had all sorts of large swings and flying foxes and various death traps throughout the forest that we'd try and do our best to hurt ourselves on. It was a great childhood in terms of being creative, I think.”

“When you hear that howl alone at night in the forest, it's one of the most frightening sounds you'll ever hear.”