If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

Quote by Joseph Wood Krutch

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Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask...

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask...

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time...

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time...

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

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,...

Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one...

Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one...

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the...

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the...

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most...

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most...

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,...

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a...

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a...

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,...

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you...

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you...

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than...

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than...

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but...

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but...

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy...

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy...

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask...

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask...