This is a fundamental view of the world. It says that when you build a thing you cannot merely build that thing in isolation, but must repair the world around it, and within it, so that the larger world at that one place becomes more coherent, and more whole; and the thing which you make takes its place in the web of nature, as you make it.
Copy QuoteThere is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
Copy Quote View & ShareFor my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Copy Quote View & ShareOcean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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