But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.

I still feel there is a case to be made for my old belief that as man approaches the 'new heaven and the new earth' -- or the space-age universe, if you will, he must do so with humility rather than with arrogance.

It is not half so important to know as to feel.

The Choice, after all, is ours to make.

The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves.

Autumn comes to the sea with a fresh blaze of phosphorescence, when every wave crest is aflame. Here and there the whole surface may glow with sheets of cold fire, while below schools of fish pour through the water like molten metal.

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it's a pity we use it so little.