The intimate rapport with nature is one of the most precious things in life. Nature is indeed very close to us; sometimes closer than hands and feet, of which in truth she is but the extension. The emotional appeal of nature is tremendous, sometimes almost more than one can bear.
When in doubt, do the courageous thing. - Jan Smuts
When in doubt, do the courageous thing.
- Jan Smuts
If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position for which whites hav… - Jan Smuts
If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position for which whites hav…
A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself - Jan Smuts
A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself
Instead of the animistic, mechanistic, or the mathematical universe, we see the genetic, organic, holistic universe. - Jan Smuts
Instead of the animistic, mechanistic, or the mathematical universe, we see the genetic, organic, holistic universe.
Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day. - Jan Smuts
Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.
History writes the word 'Reconciliation' over all her quarrels. - Jan Smuts
History writes the word 'Reconciliation' over all her quarrels.
Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings. - Jan Smuts
Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.
When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist. - Jan Smuts
When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist.
This is a good world. We need not approve of all the items in it, nor of all the individuals in it; but the world itself-which is more than its parts… - Jan Smuts
This is a good world. We need not approve of all the items in it, nor of all the individuals in it; but the world itself-which is more than its parts…
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