Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Quotes: Nature (Last)

Nature 129 "Man contrives machines that turn out countless duplicates; but nature is not a machine." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. Somewhere I read somewhere that no two leaves from the same tree are the same.


Nature 130 Nature: "Change, constant, unending change within the framework of the familiar, the enduring." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. Change within a framework of consistency.


Nature 158 "We destroy the trees and banish the grass at our own peril" Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. Without nature, there will be no people.


Nature 199 "But if you become too arrogant, forgetting that you are a junior partner, a thunderstorm may box your ears or a tornado may make you think twice about human omnipotence." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. When people think they control nature, nature reminds them otherwise.


Nature and life 356 "...heartening, both in its repetition and in its enduring truth--as long as the sun shines, rain falls, water flows, and green leaves work their miracle there is life, there is hope." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. The repetitions in nature are reassuring.


Nature and Man 117 "And in April, man is here only to see and listen and participate, not to manage or administer." Borland, Twelve Moons of the Year. Man needs to learn his place within the framework of Nature.

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