Echoes

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

Learn about pines from the pine, and about bamboo from the bamboo.

Come forth into the light of things, let Nature be your teacher.

Example is the best lesson there is.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.

You must know the big ideas in the big disciplines and use them routinely — all of them, not just a few.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty, & leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.

He who lives sees much. He who travels sees more.

We do not belong to those who have ideas only among books, when stimulated by books. It is our habit to think outdoors — walking, leaping, climbing, dancing.

The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.

It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.

Hell, if I could explain it to the average person, it wouldn't have been worth the Nobel prize.

Coming, going, the waterbirds don't leave a trace don't follow a path.

Anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding is like a blind man on the right road.

The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.

In every systematic inquiry where there are first principles, or causes, or elements, knowledge and science result from acquiring knowledge of these.

We send thanks to all the Animal life in the world. They have many things to teach us people. We are glad they are still here and we hope it will always be so.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Man is the only animal that knows nothing and can learn nothing without being taught.

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.