“The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not in the religious sense, but in the sense of an intimate harmony with things.” MenEyeUniverseNaturalReligiousHe ManAmountHarmonyWideIntimateHis EyesContemplatingPietyEyes Wide Open Book:Secret Conversations, 1941-1944 Source: Secret Conversations, 1941-1944
“Zoologists have reckoned there are up to at least 750 species of animal that have been observed exhibiting same-sex behaviour, or gender role transformation (which is very common in a wide range of fauna). There is only one species on earth, however, which has exhibited homophobia or transphobia. And that is the species homo sapiens sapiens. Us. So let's not allow the foolish, ignorant or bigoted ever to use words like "natural."” Has BeensUseEarthSexNaturalAnimalCommonRolesTransformationSpeciesGenderWideFoolishIgnorantRangeBehaviourHomo SapiensHomophobiaGender RolesZoologist Author:Stephen Fry
“We cannot describe the natural history of the soul, but we know that it is divine. All things are known to the soul. It is not to be surprised by any communication. Nothing can be greater than it, let those fear and those fawn who will. The soul is in her native realm; and it is wider than space, older than time, wide as hope, rich as love. Pusillanimity and fear she refuses with a beautiful scorn; they are not for her who putteth on her coronation robes, and goes out through universal love to universal power.” KnowsSoulBeautifulNaturalSpaceKnownRichGreaterDivineCommunicationAll ThingsUniversalRefuseWideRealmsNativeScornRobesNatural HistoryUniversal LoveCoronationFawns Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Under weak government, in a wide, thinly populated country, in the struggle against the raw natural environment and with the freeplay of economic forces, unified social groups become the transmitters of culture.” CountryGovernmentAmericaCultureForceSocialNaturalStruggleEnvironmentGroupsEconomicWeakWideUnifiedNatural EnvironmentSocial GroupsWeak Government Author:Johan Huizinga