Woods State Nature

Famous quotes containing the words woods, state and/or nature:

    He asked if I would sell my Christmas trees;
    My woods the young fir balsams like a place
    Where houses all are churches and have spires.
    I hadn’t thought of them as Christmas trees.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    The only way into truth is through one’s own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.
    Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    Man is fallen; nature is erect, and serves as a differential thermometer, detecting the presence or absence of the divine sentiment in man.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)