“Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools”
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“Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools”
“Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear”
“Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match”
“If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.”
“Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful”
“We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing”
“The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.”
“Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses”
“The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation”
“The day is done, and the darkness, falls from the wings of night, as a feather is wafted downward, from an eagle in his flight”
“The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide”
“Nature is a revelation of God; art is a revelation of man”
“The morning pouring everywhere, its golden glory on the air”
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere”
“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days”
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”
“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative”
“If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature”
“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”
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”