“If we are deprived of hope as well as fear, we are compensated by being given an almost endless patience for enduring or simply for waiting.” IfsWellsGivenWaitingEndureEndlessDeprived Author:Joseph Wood Krutch
“If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.” PeopleIfsMadeNatureEnvironmentMankindEnvironmentalDevelopersIrreplaceableVandals Author:Joseph Wood Krutch
“If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.” IfsEndsEarthJoyNatureEnvironmentProduceCookingEnvironmentalPermitEcologyOur EnvironmentNatural EnvironmentNature And EnvironmentWorld EnvironmentBeauty Of The EarthInspirational Environmental Book:The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch Source: The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch
“The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.” IfsWorldSelfWholeSeemsNatureOne ThingAdventureLonelyWhole WorldSnowSufficientSelf SufficientSnowflakeWinter Snow Author:Joseph Wood Krutch
“The typical American believes that no necessity of the soul is free and that there are precious few, if any, which cannot be bought.” IfsBelieveSoulTypical Book:If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...: Essays on Man and Nature Source: If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...: Essays on Man and Nature
“If only the fit survive and if the fitter they are the longer they survive, then Volvox must have demonstrated its superb fitness more conclusively than any higher animal ever has.” IfsScienceAnimalHigherFitSurvivalAccountsSuperb Book:The Great Chain of Life Source: The Great Chain of Life
“In our hearts those of us who know anything worth knowing know that in March a new year begins, and if we plan any new leaves, it will be when the rest of Nature is planning them too.” IfsKnowsYearsHeartKnowingPlansPlanningMarchNew Year Author:Joseph Wood Krutch
