The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
Baruch SpinozaRead
.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.
Interpretation
We are integral to the natural world, adhering to its inherent order.
This quote by Baruch Spinoza emphasizes the interconnectedness of humanity and nature. It suggests that just as nature follows a specific order and structure, so too are we, as human beings, an essential part of that system, highlighting our responsibility to respect and cherish the natural world.
In practice
Use this quote in an environmental awareness campaign to emphasize our role in nature.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.
He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot be abolished, even though it be in itself harmful. How many evils spring from luxury, envy, avarice, drunkenness and the like, yet these are tolerated because they cannot be prevented by legal enactments.
No one doubts but that we imagine time from the very fact that we imagine other bodies to be moved slower or faster or equally fast. We are accustomed to determine duration by the aid of some measure of motion.
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning, understanding, rationality, controlled imagination, preparation, mental focus (including distraction) and a gratitude attitude is very helpful.]
He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of love, fights with pleasure and confidence; he resists equally one or many men, and scarcely needs at all the help of fortune. Those whom he conquers yield joyfully
The sun was a molten coin burning a circle in the low-hanging overcast, surrounded by a fairy-ring of moisture.
Climate change respects no borders.
October is nature's funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the month of coming - October than May. Every green thin loves to die in bright colors.
We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'
Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.
I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.
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