We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up
empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up
empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.

The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

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

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

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the read more

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms read more

Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep.