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

Topics: Earth Quotes

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to...

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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 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...

Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no...

Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no...

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no...

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...

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,...

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

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

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of...