All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, read more

All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

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

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

I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.

I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will read more

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!