The oldest voice in the world is the wind.

Man’s great mission is not to conquer nature by main force but to cooperate with her intelligently but lovingly for his own purposes.

We seek with our human hands to create a second nature in the natural world.

Conjecturing a Climate
Of unsuspended Suns –
Adds poignancy to Winter

In tampering with the earth, we tamper with a mystery.

The earth is beautiful and bright and kindly, but that is not all. The earth is also terrible and dark and cruel.

It is hard when nature does not respect your intentions, and she never does exactly respect them.