How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers.

Quote by Edwin Way Teale

Topics: Animals Quotes, Nature Quotes, Wishes Quotes

In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation

In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and...

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and...

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors...

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors...

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals love them. But those who respect...

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals love them. But those who respect...

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog...

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to...

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to...

The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who...

The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who...

Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15...

Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15...

The fluttering of a butterfly's wings can effect climate changes on the other side of...

The fluttering of a butterfly's wings can effect climate changes on the other side of...

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird....

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird....

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments,...

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments,...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

Even a wolf will not stay - Where sounds no bleat to offer hope of...

Even a wolf will not stay - Where sounds no bleat to offer hope of...

Every dog is a lion at home.

Every dog is a lion at home.

Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting...

Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting...

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost...

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost...

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.