“There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.”

“It is in games that many men discover their paradise.”

“There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.”

“One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.”

“A cat is only technically an animal, being divine.”

“Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.”

“The days on which one has been the most inquisitive are among the days on which one has been happiest.”

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.”

“The man who will not defend the honour of his cat cannot be trusted to defend anything.”

“There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.”

“Only a fool lies brooding over his problems. When the morning comes he's tired out and his problems are the same as before.”