“We live between two worlds; we soar in the atmosphere; we creep upon the soil; we have the aspirations of creators and the propensities of quadrupeds. There can be but one explanation of this fact. We are passing from the animal into a higher form, and the drama of this planet is in its second act.” WorldTwoFactsFormAnimalAtheismPlanetsEvolutionHigherDramaCreatorPositive AtheismPassingPassingsAtmosphereExplanationAspirationSoilSoarCreepsPropensityTwo Worlds Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“The human animal ... is ... neither male nor female ... And if I am allowed to jest a little in passing, I have a joke that is not altogether irrelevant: nothing resembles a male cat on the windowsill more than a female cat.” IfsHumansLittlesAnimalJokesFemaleCatMalesPassingPassingsIrrelevantJestHuman Animal Author:Marie de Gournay
“Children have an anxious concern for living beings, and the satisfaction of this instinct fills them with delight. It is therefore easy to interest them in taking care of plants and especially of animals. Nothing awakens foresight in a small child such as this. When he knows that animals have need of him, that little plants will dry up if he does not water them, he binds together with a new thread of love today's passing moments with those of the morrow.” IfsKnowsNeedsChildrenLittlesDoeMomentsCareTodayTogetherEasyInterestWaterAnimalConcernPlantInstinctSatisfactionDelightPassingPassingsDryAnxiousThreadForesightMorrowSmall ChildDry UpPassing Moments Author:Maria Montessori
“All things are flowing, even those that seem immovable. The adamant is always passing into smoke. The plants imbibe the materialswhich they want from the air and the ground. They burn, that is, exhale and decompose their own bodies into the air and earth again. The animal burns, or undergoes the like perpetual consumption. The earth burns, the mountains burn and decompose, slower, but incessantly.” WantBodySeemsEarthNatureChangeAnimalAirMountainAll ThingsPlantPassingPassingsSmokePerpetualConsumptionIncessantlyAdamant Book:The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson