We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the profound connection between humanity and the natural world, suggesting that we encounter the divine through our experiences in nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasizes the spiritual and transformative experiences we have in nature, suggesting that every moment spent observing and engaging with the natural world brings us closer to the divine. By recognizing and savoring these moments, we can experience a deeper understanding of life and a sense of connection to something greater than ourselves.
In practice
During a speech at a nature conservation event, a speaker might quote this to emphasize the importance of preserving our natural environments.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
The stillness of October gold_x000D_ _x000D_ Went out like beauty from a face.
When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everthing in me that is bewildered and confused.
The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited. Everything has its own voice. Thunder and lightening and stars and planets, flowers, birds, animals, trees, ~~ all these have voices, and they constitute a community of existence that is profoundly related.
All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.
For me, climbing is a form of exploration that inspires me to confront my own inner nature within nature. Itβs a means of experiencing a state of consciousness where there are no distractions or expectations. This intuitive state of being is what allows me to experience moments of true freedom and harmony.
But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer.
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