“Earth laughs in flowers.†~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Category Archives: quotes
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
As is the first turkey vulture. peace, mjh
“One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of a March thaw, is the spring.†― Aldo Leopold
“one wild song…”
Goodreads | Quote of the Day for January 26, 2013
“I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.â€
― Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman
“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” — E. B. White
"Beauty is the creator of the universe." — Emerson
The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty.
He is a sovereign, and stands on the centre. For the world is not painted, or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe.
"Listen to nature’s voice—it contains treasures for you." ~ Huron Tribe proverb
hat tip to The Digiscoper: Yellowthroat Portraits
“The nation behaves well when it treats the natural resources as assets, which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.”–Teddy Roosevelt
“The nation behaves well when it treats the natural resources as assets, which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.”–Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s Advice
“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.†— Teddy Roosevelt
Feast Your Eyes
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
delight and play
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.†Kahlil Gibran
Join the Defense
The wilderness needs no defense — only more defenders. — Aldo Leopold
the independence of solitude
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.†— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s clear
The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness. — John Muir 1838-1914
dwindle and pale
“Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by the regular contact with outdoor growths — animals, trees, sun warmth, and free skies — or it will dwindle and pale.†–Walt Whitman