“Visible nature is but a distorted reflection of a more perfect world and the creative individual viewing her is inspired to perceive within and behind her many garments, that which is timeless and entirely beautiful.” WorldBeautifulIndividualNaturePerfectBehindsCreativeReflectionInspiredPerceiveVisibleTimelessGarmentsA Perfect World Author:Lawren Harris
“The rippling of the river seemed to cause a correspondent stir in his uneasy reflections. He would have laid them asleep if he could, but they were in movement, like the stream, and all tending one way with a strong current.” IfsWayStrongCausesNatureMovementReflectionRiversCurrentsOne WayStreamsUneasy Book:Our Mutual Friend Source: Our Mutual Friend
“Water. Its sunny track in the plain; its splashing in the garden canal, the sound it makes when in its course it meets the mane ofthe grass; the diluted reflection of the sky together with the fleeting sight of the reeds; the Negresses fill their dripping gourds and their red clay containers; the song of the washerwomen; the gorged fields the tall crops ripening.” TogetherSongCoursesSoundWaterNatureSkyFieldsReflectionRedGardenRiversSightTrackGrassTallFleetingClayCropsSunnyReedsCanalsDrippingContainersRipeningSplashingGourds Author:Jacques Roumain
“What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.” IfsMenHumansGovernmentWould BeNatureLibertyHuman NatureReflectionAngelInternalsPatrioticFederal GovernmentFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyDemocracies HaveFederalistLimiting GovernmentFederalist PapersNatural RightsSeparation Of PowersEternal VigilanceLiberty And JusticeGovernment And SocietyControlling Government Author:James Madison
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” WorldEarthPeaceNatureEnvironmentTreeReflectionMirrorsEnvironmentalForestsWildernessSustainabilityConservationOur EnvironmentWildlifePlanet EarthSustainable DevelopmentEarth DayEnvironmental ProtectionForests And TreesWorld EnvironmentBeautiful EarthGreen LivingWildlife ConservationEco FriendlySave NatureConservingWorld Earth DayGreen TreesEnvironmental HistorySocial EnvironmentGo GreenEnvironmental SustainabilityEarth FriendlyConserving EnvironmentGreen World Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“This revelation of the secrets of nature, long mercifully withheld from man, should arouse the most solemn reflections in the mind and conscience of every human being capable of comprehension. We must indeed pray that these awful agencies will be made to conduce to peace among the nations, and that instead of wreaking measureless havoc upon the entire globe, may become a perennial fountain of world prosperity.” MenWorldShouldMindHumansMayLongMadeScienceNationsNatureHuman BeingsSecretPrayingCapableReflectionConscienceProsperityAwfulAgencyRevelationsGlobesFountainSolemnComprehensionHavoc Book:War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945 Source: War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945
“From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.” MenGivingMadeSoulSometimesEyeFoundNatureAnimalVirtueReflectionCookingVicesVisiblePetManifestDisplayTigersEaglesOystersSwinePortrayal Author:Victor Hugo