“The shapes we are creating are not abstract, they are absolute. They are released from any already existant thing in nature and their content lies in themselves.” LyingNatureShapesCreatingAbsolutesAbstract Book:Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews Source: Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews
“We shall never achieve harmony with land, any more than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations, the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.” PeopleImportantNatureJusticeLibertyLandAchieveHigherAbsolutesHarmonyImportant ThingsStriveAspiration Book:Aldo Leopold's Southwest Source: Aldo Leopold's Southwest
“I just have this absolute belief that humans are moving away from cruelty and destruction towards a time when we can truly live in harmony with nature. When we understand that there is a spiritual power around us from which we can draw strength. That is where I believe human destiny ultimately is taking us. I just hope we have time.” BelieveHumansGodSpiritualMovingTimeSpiritualityBeliefI BelieveNatureDestinyStrengthDrawsDestructionAbsolutesHarmonyCrueltySpiritual PowerMoving Away Author:Jane Goodall
“The idea of absolute freedom is fiction. It's based on the idea of an independent self. But in fact, there's no such thing. There's no self without other people. There's no self without sunlight. There's no self without dew. And water. And bees to pollinate the food that we eat...So the idea of behaving in a way that doesn't acknowledge those reciprocal relationships is not really freedom, it's indulgence.” PeopleWayIdeasSelfFactsWaterNatureAnimalFictionAbsolutesIndependentAcknowledgeSunlightBeesIndulgenceDewReciprocalAbsolute Freedom Author:Peter Coyote
“The study of Nature is intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with Nature. At her lowest her works are the works of the highest powers, the highest something in the universe, in whichever way we look at it... This is the charm of Study from Nature itself; she brings us back to absolute truth wherever we wander.” WayShouldMindLooksScienceUniverseNaturePowerStudyHard WorkHighestAbsolutesWanderCharmLowestIntercourseTriflesAbsolute Truth Author:Louis Agassiz
“It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.” MenDreamSpiritNatureBornAbsolutesImmortalityAspirationContentmentSparksPortions Author:Robert Southey