"The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observ…" — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does

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