“Nature is another important aspect of nourishing the soul. After a hike in the mountains where we live, for instance, I feel a remarkable sense of gratitude and awe. My mind quiets down and allows me to see more clearly the beauty of creation. And through that gratitude, the beauty of the universe is reflected back to the creator.” FeelsMindImportantSoulUniverseNatureCreationGratitudeMountainAspectDown AndCreatorInstanceAweRemarkable Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“We hardly know an instance of the strength and weakness of human nature so striking and so grotesque as the character of this haughty, vigilant, resolute, sagacious blue-stocking, half Mithridates and half Trissotin, bearing up against a world in arms, with an ounce of poison in one pocket and a quire of bad verses in the other.” KnowsWorldHumansCharacterNatureHalfStrengthHuman NatureArmsWeaknessBlueInstancePoisonPocketsVersesGrotesqueVigilantResoluteStrength And WeaknessStockingsHaughty Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.” NatureFlowerCarefulInstanceObservationIronySuperbToadsPleasantries Author:Honore de Balzac
“The eye of understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or levels, so you may see great axioms of nature through small and contemptible instances.” MayEyeUnderstandingNatureLevelsVisionSeeingObjectsInstanceAxioms Book:The Works of Lord Bacon: Philosophical works Source: The Works of Lord Bacon: Philosophical works
“Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point” BeautifulThreeNatureEnvironmentTreeObjectsWindFineDancingShipsInstanceSailNatural Environment Book:Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams Source: Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams
“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.” WorldLoveBeautifulRememberNatureBeautyEnvironmentInstanceUselessBeautiful ThingsLiliesBeing BeautifulUselessnessPeacockBeauty Of The WorldBeautiful CreaturesBeautiful BodyUseless ThingsBeautiful Lady Author:John Ruskin