“Each individual is a cosmos of organs, each organ is a cosmos of cells, each cell is a cosmos of infinitely small ones; and in this complex world, the well-being of the whole depends entirely on the sum of well-being enjoyed by each of the least microscopic particles of organized matter. A whole revolution is thus produced in the philosophy of life.” WorldWellsMatterPhilosophyWholeIndividualLife PhilosophyRevolutionDependsComplexesCellsEnjoyedWell BeingOrganizedCosmosOrgansParticles Book:Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings Source: Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings
“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our flesh-and-bone tabernacle seems transparent as glass to the beauty about us, as if truly an inseparable part of it, thrilling with the air and trees, streams and rocks, in the waves of the sun,-a part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal.” IfsWellsSeemsYoungScienceNatureSunAirTreeRocksMountainSickGlassesWaveBonesFleshEnthusiasmCellsStreamsImmortalNervesFillingThrillingTransparentInseparableQuiverKindling Book:John Muir: Nature Writings Source: John Muir: Nature Writings
“What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell.” WellsDoeBearsShipsCellsNutsShellsSapCocoa Book:Home Ballads and Poems Source: Home Ballads and Poems