Not without art, but yet to Nature true.

Not without art, but yet to Nature true.

I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may read more

I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.

The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.

The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.

The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.

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

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

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

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.

Until we end our violence against the earth- a matter ignored by most pacifists, as the issue of military violence read more

Until we end our violence against the earth- a matter ignored by most pacifists, as the issue of military violence is ignored by most conservationists-how can we hope to end our violence against each other? The earth, which we all have in common, is our deepest bond, and our behavior toward it cannot help but be an earnest of our consideration for each other and for our descendants.