Evening Wisdom, Nature, Beauty

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
Henry David Thoreau



Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day. [Uncle Vanya, 1897]
Anton Chekhov



To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
Mohandas K. Gandhi



The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Blaise Pascal



To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
Helen Keller