...we sacrifice other species to our own not because our own has any objective metaphysical privilege over others, but simply because it… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
As the great naturalist Charles Darwin saw clearly, individual and collective interests often coincide, as in the invisible hand narrative. But he… — Bob Frank Copy Share Image
Nature doth thus kindly heal every wound. By the mediation of a thousand little mosses and fungi, the most unsightly objects become… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I will be furnished with a troop… — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
Science does not know its debt to imagination. Goethe did not believe that a great naturalist could exist without this faculty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Hands-on experience at the critical time, not systematic knowledge, is what counts in the making of a naturalist. Better to be an… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in. — John Muir Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that you might create any sort of character in a novel and there would be at least one… — Sōseki Natsume Copy Share Image
But the best read naturalist who lends an entire and devout attention to truth, will see that there remains much to learn… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I took another road, past the old sugar works and the water wheel that had not turned for years. I went to… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
At a theoretical level, I think a naturalist approach to religion is just asking questions I'm not interested in. They're perfectly legitimate… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
The naturalist worldview is a good way to feel grounded and feel part of something that isn't based on fairy tales. It's… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I started as - well, I wanted to be Poet Laureate. And I wanted to be a naturalist. That's how I began.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“John Muir, Earth — planet, Universe [ Muir's home address, as inscribed on the inside front cover of his first field journal ]” — John Muir Copy Share Image
The fact which interests us most is the life of the naturalist. The purest science is still biographical. Nothing will dignify and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I am above the forest region, amongst grand rocks & such a torrent as you see in Salvator Rosa's paintings vegetation all… — Joseph Dalton Hooker Copy Share Image
I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Although I am fully convinced of the truth of the views given in this volume under the form of an abstract, I… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Was it a camp?" Daniel asked. Sean nodded. "A naturist camp." "Maya will feel right at home", Corey said from his spot… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
We all - whether naturalists, atheists, Buddhists, or Christians - see the world through the grid of an interpretive framework - and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spider venom comes in many forms. It can often take a long while to discover the full effects of the bite. Naturalists… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
