The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
Quintilian
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Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. -
The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man. -
The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres. -
Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature. -
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
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