“We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life to its normal proportions, and devise means for maintaining the permanence of its relations to the fields, the meadows and the pastures, to the rain and the dews of heaven, to the springs and rivulets with which it waters down the earth.” MeanEnoughEarthPastScienceHeavenWaterToo MuchFieldsMaterialsElementsNormalSpringRainRelationForestsProportionMaintainingDewMeadowsPermanencePastures Book:So Great a Vision: The Conservation Writings of George Perkins Marsh Source: So Great a Vision: The Conservation Writings of George Perkins Marsh
“Although age has its normal limits, it may be extended by two things-the study of history and by travel. Reading history broadens one's perception of the creation of the world, while travel extends one's field of vision.” WorldMayTwoAgeReadingVisionStudyCreationFieldsLimitsNormalPerceptionTwo ThingsCreation Of The WorldReading History Author:Mahmud Tarzi
“Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers, actors, artists, musicians-have a higher than normal incidence of such illnesses, and there are also a disproportionate number of alcoholics in these fields whose drinking may be an attempt to medicate the anxiety of depression.” PeopleMayArtistActorsNumbersCreativeTalentFieldsHigherDepressionNormalAnxietyMusicianDrinkingIllnessProfessionMoodMental IllnessArtisticDisorderAlcoholicsIncidenceArtistic TalentMood Disorders Author:Tracy Thompson
“I'm an athlete, my job is not negotiating, it's not my field of expertise. I'm an emotional guy - it's normal, a lot of athletes are, and we're very susceptible to get our ego cut because of that.” JobsGuyCuttingFieldsEmotionalEgoNormalAthleteExpertiseSusceptibleNegotiating Author:Georges St-Pierre