“I believe natural beauty has a necessary place in the spiritual development of any individual or any society. I believe that whenever we substitute something man-made and artificial for a natural feature of the earth, we have retarded some part of man's spiritual growth.” MenBelieveMadeEarthSpiritualScienceIndividualI BelieveGrowthNaturalDevelopmentFeaturesSpiritual GrowthSubstitutesArtificialSpiritual DevelopmentRetarded Book:The house of life: Rachel Carson at work Source: The house of life: Rachel Carson at work
“Individual societies begin in harmonious adaptation to the environment and, like individuals, quickly get trapped into nonadaptive, artificial, repetitive sequences. When the individual's behavior and consciousness get hooked to a routine sequence of external actions, he is a dead robot, and it is time for him to die and be reborn. Time to "drop out," "turn on," and "tune in.” ActionDiesTurnsIndividualConsciousnessEnvironmentBehaviorTunesRoutineArtificialTrappedRobotsAdaptationSequenceTurn-onHarmoniousHookedRebornRepetitive Book:Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out Source: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
“It is because the cosmos is meaningless that we must secure our individual illusions of values, direction, and interest by upholding the artificial streams which give us such worlds of salutary illusion. That is - since nothing means anything in itself, we must preserve the proximate and arbitrary background which makes things around us seem as if they did mean something.” IfsWorldGivingMeanSeemsValuesIndividualInterestIllusionBackgroundsSecurePreservesStreamsCosmosMeaninglessArtificialArbitraryEnglishmen Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“Artificial flight may be defined as that form of aviation in which a man flies at will in any direction by means of an apparatus attached to his body, the use of which requires personal skill. Artificial flight by a single individual is the proper beginning for all species of artificial flight, as the necessary conditions can most easily be fulfilled when man flies individually.” MenMayMeanUseBodyFormIndividualConditionsSkillsSpeciesFlightDefinedAviationArtificialFulfilled Author:Otto Lilienthal
“Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self-sovereignty; the right to an equal place, everywhere conceded--a place earned by personal merit, not an artificial attainment by inheritance, wealth, family and position.” SelfCharacterIndividualWealthResponsibilityPositionEqualJudgmentConscienceDignityAddRecognitionMeritArtificialSovereigntyInheritanceAttainmentIndividual ResponsibilityConceded Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton