The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
To me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
Having no human companion I felt a spirit of comradeship for the objects of nature around me. In my childish way I… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes closer than… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
This is a good world. We need not approve of all the items in it, nor of all the individuals in it; but the… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
To me the greatest thing that has happened on this earth of ours is the rise of the human race to the vision of… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
The mountain is not something eternally sublime; it has a great historic and spiritual meaning to us. It stands for us as the ladder… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
What was everybody's business in the end proved to be nobody's business. Each one looked to the other to take the lead, and the… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
...evolution is the gradual development and stratification of progressive series of wholes, stretching from the inorganic beginnings to the highest level of spiritual creation. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
In spite of the great advances which have been made in our knowledge, some fundamental gaps remain. Matter, life and mind still remain utter… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day. — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
