"Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body."

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"Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body."

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"Creatures, I give you yourselves," said the strong, happy voice of Aslan. "I give to you forever this land of Narnia. I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. I give you the stars and I give you myself. The Dumb Beasts whom I have not chosen are yours also. Treat them gently and cherish them but do not go back to their ways lest you cease to be Talking Beasts. For out of them you were taken and into them you can return. Do not so."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Nature, Gift, Creation, Respect

"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

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"If men could fit water into their pockets, the ocean would be empty."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Flowers are the beautiful hairs of the Mother Spring! Don't pluck them!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Eagle's flight of loneliness soars so high Around its sigh, no more alone the sky Other birds remain away, clouds pass byBetween shrouds of life and haze sun rays die."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Nature, Loneliness, Freedom, Isolation

"Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of sunbeams. Press the soft blossoms against your cheek, and finger their graces of form, their delicate mutability of shape, their pliancy and freshness. Expose your face to the aerial floods that sweep the heavens, 'inhale great draughts of space,' wonder, wonder at the wind's unwearied activity. Pile note on note the infinite music that flows increasingly to your soul from the tactual sonorities of a thousand branches and tumbling waters. How can the world be shriveled when this most profound, emotional sense, touch, is faithful to its service? I am sure that if a fairy bade me choose between the sense of sight and that of touch, I would not part with the warm, endearing contact of human hands."

Helen Keller, American Author

Nature, Beauty, Wonder, Life

"Speaking of happiness, those distinctive moments are found outdoors " in the fall, in the winter and always in the mountains where people are few, wildlife is abundant and there is peace in the quiet."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Nature, Joy, Peace, Quiet

"Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Nature, Life, Artist, Opinion

"Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word "glory" a meaning for me."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Nature, God, Glory, Meaning

"Water is life sustenance."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Nature, Water, Life, Health

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