“We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Compassion is a call, a demand of
“Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.”
— Joseph Butler
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Let the gentle bush dig its root
“Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.”
— Carl Sandburg
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I knew, of course, that trees and
“I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.”
— Edward Steichen
Author: Edward Steichen
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I think I have a dualistic nature.
“I think I have a dualistic nature.”
— Bob Dylan
Author: Bob Dylan
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A God without dominion, providence, and final
“A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.”
— Alexander Pope
Author: Alexander Pope
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The wit makes fun of other persons;
“The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.”
— James Thurber
Author: James Thurber
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Only the brave know how to forgive…
“Only the brave know how to forgive… a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.”
— Laurence Sterne
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The mastery of nature is vainly believed
“The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.”
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
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The real cure for our environmental problems
“The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.”
— Jacques Yves Cousteau
Author: Jacques Yves Cousteau
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If you can kill animals, the same
“If you can kill animals, the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars.”
— Satish Kumar
Author: Satish Kumar
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