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Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes

Nature, in her blind thirst for life has filled every possible cranny of the rotting earth with some sort of fantastic creature Picture Quote #1

Rhetoric takes no real account of the art in literature and morality takes no account of the art in life Picture Quote #1

It is disastrous to own more of anything than you can possess, and it is one of the most fundamental laws of human nature that our power actually to possess is limited Picture Quote #1

Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and we have come to realize that it is the first and less important of the two promises which it has kept most abundantly Picture Quote #1

Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes away Picture Quote #1

Man is, perhaps, no more prone to war than he used to be and no more inclined to commit other evil deeds. But a given amount of ill will or folly will go further than it used to Picture Quote #1

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As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines Picture Quote #1

The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing Picture Quote #1

We have not merely escaped from something but into something... We have joined the greatest of all communities, which is not that of man alone but of everything which shares with us the great adventure of being alive Picture Quote #1

Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery Picture Quote #1

To be reminded that one is very much like other members of the animal kingdom is often funny... though... I do not too much mind being somewhat like a cat Picture Quote #1

Long before I ever saw the desert I was aware of the mystical overtones which the observation of nature made audible to me. But I have never been more frequently or more vividly aware of them than in connection with the desert phenomena Picture Quote #1

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Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it Picture Quote #1

How anyone can profess to find animal life interesting and yet take delight in reducing the wonder of any animal to a bloody mass of fur or feathers? Picture Quote #1

The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit Picture Quote #1

It is not a sentimental, but a grimly literal fact that unless we share this terrestrial globe with creatures other than ourselves, we shall not be able to live on it for long Picture Quote #1

We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage Picture Quote #1

The flowers never waste their sweetness on the desert air or, for that matter, on the jungle air. In fact, they waste it only when nobody except a human being is there to smell it. It is for the bugs and a few birds, not for men, that they dye their petals or waft their scents Picture Quote #1

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Love is... not a fact in nature of which we become aware, but rather a creation of the human imagination Picture Quote #1

The impulse to mar and to destroy is as ancient and almost as nearly universal as the impulse to create. The one is an easier way than the other of demonstrating power Picture Quote #1

True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character Picture Quote #1

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Nature, in her blind thirst for life has filled every possible cranny of the rotting earth with some sort of fantastic creature (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Rhetoric takes no real account of the art in literature and morality takes no account of the art in life (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) It is disastrous to own more of anything than you can possess, and it is one of the most fundamental laws of human nature that our power actually to possess is limited (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and we have come to realize that it is the first and less important of the two promises which it has kept most abundantly (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes away (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Man is, perhaps, no more prone to war than he used to be and no more inclined to commit other evil deeds. But a given amount of ill will or folly will go further than it used to (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) We have not merely escaped from something but into something... We have joined the greatest of all communities, which is not that of man alone but of everything which shares with us the great adventure of being alive (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) To be reminded that one is very much like other members of the animal kingdom is often funny... though... I do not too much mind being somewhat like a cat (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Long before I ever saw the desert I was aware of the mystical overtones which the observation of nature made audible to me. But I have never been more frequently or more vividly aware of them than in connection with the desert phenomena (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) How anyone can profess to find animal life interesting and yet take delight in reducing the wonder of any animal to a bloody mass of fur or feathers? (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) It is not a sentimental, but a grimly literal fact that unless we share this terrestrial globe with creatures other than ourselves, we shall not be able to live on it for long (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) The flowers never waste their sweetness on the desert air or, for that matter, on the jungle air. In fact, they waste it only when nobody except a human being is there to smell it. It is for the bugs and a few birds, not for men, that they dye their petals or waft their scents (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) Love is... not a fact in nature of which we become aware, but rather a creation of the human imagination (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) The impulse to mar and to destroy is as ancient and almost as nearly universal as the impulse to create. The one is an easier way than the other of demonstrating power (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes) True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character (Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes)

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