Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category

Hal Borland on Nature

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

A 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

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Albert Camus on Nature

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

- Albert Camus

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George Bernard Shaw on Nature

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

- George Bernard Shaw

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Charles Lindbergh on Nature

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

- Charles Lindbergh

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John Muir on Nature

Monday, June 16th, 2008

We 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

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David Gerrold on Nature

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.

- David Gerrold

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Lane Olinghouse on Nature

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Remember when atmospheric contaminants were romantically called stardust?

- Lane Olinghouse

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e. e. cummings on Nature

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

- e. e. cummings

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Sandra Day O’Connor on Nature

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

- Sandra Day O’Connor

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Andrew Wyeth on Nature

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.

- Andrew Wyeth

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