“Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and we have come to realize that it is the first and less important of the two promises which it has kept most abundantly.” FirstsTwoImportantWisdomRealizingPromiseIncreaseIntelligenceRelatedTwo Things Book:The Modern Temper Source: The Modern Temper
“Two-legged creatures we are supposed to love as we love ourselves. The four-legged, also, can come to seem pretty important. But six legs are too many from the human standpoint.” HumansTwoImportantSeemsAnimalFourCreaturesSixLegsPetInsectsSpidersStandpoint Book:The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch Source: The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch
“We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage.” NeedsImportantCitiesOur LivesContactWildernessCivilizedHeritageCompelledRenounce Author:Joseph Wood Krutch
“The most important part of our lives-our sensations, emotions, desires, and aspirations-takes place in a universe of illusions which science can attenuate or destroy, but which it is powerless to enrich.” ImportantDesireUniverseEmotionOur LivesIllusionAspirationSensationsPowerless Book:The Modern Temper Source: The Modern Temper
