The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the significance of circles in nature and perception.
Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests that the eye is not only a physical organ but also a symbol of perception, creating a 'circle' as it views the world. The horizon represents the limits of that perception, and Emerson points out that this fundamental circular shape is a recurring theme throughout nature, reflecting patterns of continuity and interconnectedness in the natural world.
In practice
This quote could be used in a nature documentary to highlight the beauty of natural patterns.
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 animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.
We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.
There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.
We are faced with an incredible challenge to curb our greenhouse-gas emissions around the globe. Everyone has to realize this and come to terms with this.
Once you have been in an earthquake you know, even if you survive without a scratch, that like a stroke in the heart, it remains in the earth's breast, horribly potential, always promising to return, to hit you again, with an even more devastating force.
Let the rain kiss you._x000D_ _x000D_ Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops._x000D_ _x000D_ Let the rain sing you a lullaby._x000D_ _x000D_ The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk._x000D_ _x000D_ The rain makes running pools in the gutter._x000D_ _x000D_ The rain plays a little sellp-song on our roof at night-_x000D_ _x000D_ And I love the rain.
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