Famous quotes containing the words active and/or volcano:
“Few, if any, creatures are equally active all night.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs. Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say, we cannot avoid the question whether the characters are not significant of themselves.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)