“As the brain of man is the speck of dust in the universe that thinks, so the leaves—the fern and the needled pine and the latticed frond and the seaweed ribbon—perceive the light in a fundamental and constructive sense. … Their leaves see the light, as my eyes can never do. … They impound its stellar energy, and with that force they make life out of the elements.” ThinkingMenLightEyeUniverseEnergyForceBrainElementsFundamentalsDustPerceiveConstructiveRibbonsSpecksSeaweedStellarFerns Author:Donald C. Peattie
“Time is not money; time is an opportunity to live before you die. So a man who walks, and lives and sees and thinks as he walks, has lengthened his life.” ThinkingMenDiesOpportunityWalks Author:Donald C. Peattie