Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the read more

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

The law of nature is the strictest expression of necessity.

The law of nature is the strictest expression of necessity.

[T]reat Nature by the sphere, the cylinder and the cone. . . .

[T]reat Nature by the sphere, the cylinder and the cone. . . .

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Nature's great law, and law of all men's minds?--
To its own impulse every creature stirs;
Live read more

Nature's great law, and law of all men's minds?--
To its own impulse every creature stirs;
Live by thy light, and earth will live by hers!

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is read more

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.