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“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.”

“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.”

Lying Nature Shapes Creating Absolutes Abstract

Book:Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews

Source: Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews

“We know great Nature's pow'r, Mother of things, whose vast unbounded sway From the deep centre all around extends Wide to the flaming barriers of the world. We feel her power; we strive not to repress (Vainly repress'd, or to deformity) Her lawful growth: ours be the task alone To check her rude excrescencies, to prune Her wanton overgrowth, and where she strays In uncouth shapes, to lead her gently back, With prudent hand, to form and better use.”

Knows World Feels Use Hands Form Mother Growth Nature Shapes Tasks Strive Wide Checks Barriers Rude Centre Prudent Wanton Deformity Pow Prunes Uncouth

Author:John Armstrong

“Nature eschews regular lines; she does not shape her lines by a common model. Not one of Eve's numerous progeny in all respects resembles her who first culled the flowers of Eden. To the infinite variety and picturesque inequality of nature we owe the great charm of her uncloying beauty.”

Firsts Doe Nature Lines Common Flower Shapes Models Infinite Inequality Variety Charm Eden Nature Beauty Picturesque Progeny

Author:John Greenleaf Whittier

“You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. But why not take the Pilot on board who knows the nature of your sealed orders from the outset, and who will shape your entire voyage accordingly? He knows the shoals and the sand banks, the rocks and the reefs, He will steer you safely into that celestial harbor where your anchor will be cast for eternity. Let His almighty nail-pierced hands hold the wheel, and you will be safe.”

Knows Hands Order Nature Rocks Periods Shapes Safe Eternity Leaving Casts Boards Wheels Sand Why Not Pilots Almighty Nails Harbors Anchors Voyages Celestial Port Steers Reefs

Author:Peter Marshall

“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.”

World Motivational Nature Environment Shapes Environmental Our Environment World Environment

Book:The Optimistic Life

Source: The Optimistic Life

“Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors. Life is really a plural noun, a caravan of selves.”

Self Life Is Nature Shapes Lawyer Infant Bud Nouns Caravans Irises Dragonflies

Book:Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden

Source: Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden

“Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things: We murder to dissect.”

Form Nature Sweet Shapes Murder

Author:William Wordsworth

“Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.”

Heart Art Enough Form Nature Watches Sweet Shapes Murder Intellect Barren Meddling

Author:William Wordsworth

“Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline or a tree.”