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“In mid-wood silence, thus, how sweet to be;Where all the noises, that on peace intrude,Come from the chittering cricket, bird, and bee,Whose songs have charms to sweeten solitude.”
“O take me from the busy crowd,I cannot bear the noise!For Nature's voice is never loud;I seek for quiet joys.The book I love is everywhere,And not in idle words;The book I love is known to all,And ...”
“In the woods it was not so much that it was quiet as that the few sounds were loud and distinct, not the orchestra tuning-up of the city but individual grace notes. Birdcalls broken into pieces lik...”
“Part of me remained forever at Latitude 80 degrees 08 minutes South: what survived of my youth, my vanity, perhaps, and certainly my skepticism. On the other hand, I did take away something that I ...”
“Independence is like a flower that nurtures itself in the light of another.”
“For, in his opinion, to study nature was a form of worship.”
“The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible”
“To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age”
“The winds have a force so terrific as to eclipse anything previously known in the world. We have found the kingdom of blizzards. We have come to an accursed land.”
“Ah, but when one predator leaves, another inevitably will take its place. A void never remains a void for long.”
“It [advanced technology] had isolated the people of the old world from nature, shielding them from the consequences of imbalance, and yet theyd believed, right up until the very end, that it would ...”
“Nature is relic of pre-human civilizations.”
“The ultimate form of our technological achievement will be identical to the beginning state of this nature.”
“When is the last time your computer restarted you? Don't forget about nature. Recreation means to re-create yourself.”
“It is extremely Sad to think that while nature is talking,humankind is not listening.”
“The great minds, which from time to time have existed in this world, were like doors thrown wide to understanding. I don't mean just their brilliance or philosophy or even psychology. I mean that t...”
“The story of the tree is written on every leaf.”
“Actually, it's nature itself that creates the most beautiful pictures, I'm only choosing the perspective.”
“She breathed in the crisp autumn air, hoping the loveliness of nature would somehow cleanse her soul and overshadow her sorrow.”
“Following dark winter's strife, a warm air rises, teemed with life. Birth, rebirth, as the waiting die. Old love, new love sprouts wings to fly.”
