Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time.

The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time.

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but read more

Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. read more

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.