What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse. —Edward Abbey More about this quote Tags: purpose trees mice Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it were conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages. —Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if we're put here on earth to show how silly they aren't. —Russell Hoban More about this quote Tags: animals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Cockroaches really put my "all creatures great and small" creed to the test. —Astrid Alauda More about this quote Tags: animals bugs cockroaches Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature, for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us, and even the smallest ant may wish to communicate with man. —Black Elk More about this quote Tags: attention communication ants Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
And as you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged on the shingly beach of a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens. —Stephen Graham More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The energy you use to read this sentence is powered, ultimately, by sunlight — perhaps first soaked up by some grass that got digested by a cow before it turned into the milk that made the cheese that topped the pizza. But sunlight, just the same. —K.C. Cole More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen. —Steven Wright More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Man is a complex being; he makes the deserts bloom and lakes die. —Gil Stern More about this quote Tags: conservation man environmentalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nature is by and large to be found out-of-doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs. —Fran Lebowitz More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We are only the beginning. I am only a beginner. I was successful in digging up buried monuments from the substrata of the mind. But where I have discovered a few temples, others may discover a continent. —Sigmund Freud More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment. —Eckhart Tolle More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The best mind-altering drug is truth. —Lily Tomlin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Confronted with another human being who is in pain, the chasing after altered states of consciousness for their own sake is simply unconscionable. And here the direction appears: the search for a higher consciousness must have as its aim the development of conscience. —Richard S. Sandor More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email