Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
AristotleRead
Nature makes nothing incomplete, and nothing in vain.
Interpretation
Everything in nature serves a purpose and is complete in its own right.
This quote by Aristotle emphasizes the inherent completeness and purposefulness of all natural entities. It suggests that every aspect of nature has been designed with intention and utility, underscoring the idea that nothing exists without a reason and nothing is truly lacking.
In practice
In a discussion about environmental conservation, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of preserving natural ecosystems.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.
For often, when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.
The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
Tree sitting is a last resort. When you see someone sitting in a tree trying to protect it, you know that every level of our society has failed.
Any observer is an intruder in the domain of a wild animal and must remember that the rights of that animal supersede human interests. An observer must also keep in mind that an animal's memories of one day's contact might well be reflected in the following day's behavior.
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
Sometimes I spend all day trying to count the leaves on a single tree... Of course I have to give up, but by then I'm half crazy with the wonder of it--the abundance of the leaves, the quietness of the branches, the hopelessness of my effort. And I am in that delicious and important place, roaring with laughter, full of earth-praise.
The truth is, natural organisms have managed to do everything we want to do without guzzling fossil fuels, polluting the planet or mortgaging the future.
We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.
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