“Men always fool themselves when they give up experience for systems born of the imagination. Man is the work of nature, he exists in nature, he is subject to its laws, he can not break free, he can not leave even in thought; it is in vain that his spirit wants to soar beyond the bounds of the visible world, he is always forced to return.” MenWorldWantGivingLawScienceSpiritNatureBornImaginationNaturalBreakSubjectsFoolReturnGiving UpBoundsVainVisibleCan NotSoar Author:Baron d'Holbach
“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 colours of insects and many smaller animals contribute to conceal them from the larger ones which prey upon them. Caterpillars which feed on leaves are generally green; and earth-worms the colour of the earth which they inhabit; butter-flies, which frequent flowers, are coloured like them; small birds which frequent hedges have greenish backs like the leaves, and light-coloured bellies like the sky, and are hence less visible to the hawk who passes under them or over them.” LightEarthScienceNatureNaturalAnimalSkyFlowerBirdGreenColourVisibleWormsBellyInsectsPreyHawksCaterpillars Book:The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts: Part I. Containing The Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants Source: The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts: Part I. Containing The Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants
“There was no magic encounter for me with a whale in the ocean; no being zapped by a whale as I snorkelled in their world. Nothing visible or capable of explanation. In fact, I'd never seen a whale. When I first witnessed their terrible death agony, I couldn't get the picture of a whale being harpooned out of my mind. It was a hideous mind-blowing sight. That day I recognised a purpose on the journey of my life.” WorldMindFirstsFactsPurposeMotivationNatureMagicJourneyTerribleOceanCapableSightExplanationEncountersVisibleAgonyWhalesHideousOf My MindMind Blowing Author:Sue Arnold
“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
“There is no bandit so powerful as Nature. The interaction of the positive and the negative principles, which produces the visible universe. In the whole universe there is no escape from it.” WholeScienceUniverseNatureNaturalPowerfulPrinciplesProduceNegativeVisibleInteractionBandits Author:Zhuangzi