All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.
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Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the read more
Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.
There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up
empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.
There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up
empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.
Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.
Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.
The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, read more
The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
There is no forgiveness in nature.
There is no forgiveness in nature.
He got a corporation mind. He doesn't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man.
He got a corporation mind. He doesn't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man.
[T]reat Nature by the sphere, the cylinder and the cone. . . .
[T]reat Nature by the sphere, the cylinder and the cone. . . .
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
