George Thoma on Nature
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Grass grows by inches but it’s killed by feet.
- George Thoma
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Bill Vaughan on Nature
Sunday, July 20th, 2008It’s hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn’t own water skis or a snorkel.
- Bill Vaughan
John Muir on Nature
Thursday, July 17th, 2008I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
- John Muir
Hal Borland on Nature
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.
- Hal Borland
Albert Camus on Nature
Friday, July 11th, 2008Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
- Albert Camus
George Bernard Shaw on Nature
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
- George Bernard Shaw
Charles Lindbergh on Nature
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.
- Charles Lindbergh
John Muir on Nature
Monday, June 16th, 2008We all travel the milky way together, trees and men… trees are travellers, in the ordinary sense. They make journeys, not very extensive ones, it is true: but our own little comes and goes are only little more than tree-wavings - many of them not so much.
- John Muir
David Gerrold on Nature
Friday, June 13th, 2008Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.
- David Gerrold
Lane Olinghouse on Nature
Monday, June 9th, 2008Remember when atmospheric contaminants were romantically called stardust?
- Lane Olinghouse
