“Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person; if her face is so shocking that she must in some degree be conscious of it, her figure and her air, she trusts, make ample amends for it.” IfsPersonsEnoughFacesAirFiguresDegreesConsciousUglyShockingFlatteryAmendsInsensible Author:Bill Vaughan
“With each divine impulse the mind rends the thin rinds of the visible and finite, and comes out into eternity, and inspires and expires its air. It converses with truths that have always been spoken in the world, and becomes conscious of a closer sympathy with Zeno and Arrian, than with persons in the house.” WorldMindPersonsHouseAirInspireDivineConsciousEternityImpulseVisibleFiniteConverses Book:Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems
“If we weren't so dirt-conscious, we would obtain adequate vitamin B12 from soil, air, water, and bacteria, but we meticulously wash and peel our vegetables now - and with good reason, as we can't be sure our soil is not contaminated with pesticides and herbicides.” IfsReasonWaterAirConsciousSoilVegetablesDirtAdequateVitaminsBacteriaPesticidesHerbicides Author:Sharon Gannon