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Man is a complex being; he makes the deserts bloom and lakes die.
Man is a complex being; he makes the deserts bloom and lakes die.
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out read more
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill read more
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism
Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.
Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.
Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, read more
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. read more
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
