In plain words
Wild places are what keep the world alive.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- "Walking" (1862).
- 1862
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Henry David ThoreauIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.Henry David ThoreauSimplicity, simplicity, simplicity!Henry David ThoreauIt is never too late to give up our prejudices.Henry David ThoreauMore on nature
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao TzuClouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath TagoreThe creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll art is but imitation of nature.
SenecaA violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature.Lao TzuIn every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir
Lao TzuClouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.Rabindranath TagoreThe creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.Ralph Waldo EmersonAll art is but imitation of nature.SenecaA violent wind does not outlast the morning; a squall of rain does not outlast the day. Such is the course of Nature.Lao TzuIn every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.John Muir