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" Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. "

Albert Schweitzer

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" To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked. "

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" Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art. "

" Twilight - a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not. "

" Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. "

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" Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world. "

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" Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. "

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

" Resource efficiency is the wrong metric. We should use nature as the measure, using nature's wisdom as a template for our economic systems. "

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" Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. "

" I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon. "

" I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them. "

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" All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. "

" The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency. "

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

" The nature of Homeland Security is that no news is good news. And no news sometimes means somebody got interdicted at the border, somebody got interdicted before they could get on an airplane, somebody was arrested providing material support to terrorism. Homeland Security means very often something you never hear about. "

" The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. "

" There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. "

Henry David Thoreau

" A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart. "

" Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring? "

William C. Bryant

" I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. "

Albert Schweitzer

" Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence. "

" Gray skies are just clouds passing over. "

" In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. "

" Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. "

Alfred Lord Tennyson

" As the twig is bent the tree inclines. "

" I hold grudges, but I can't hate nobody; that's not my nature. "

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" It's really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends and really chill out. "

" I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this time, experiences in the world. And that is so organic - I use this metaphor a lot but I'll use it again - it's like a pine tree producing pine cones, or a blackberry bush producing blackberries - it's just what happens with this being, now. "

" Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. "

" Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. "

Albert Schweitzer

" Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. "