Hey Scholars,
For this first weeks post we will start off with something easy. Find and post a quote about nature, then comment on someone else's post from class.
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Mr. D
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This is an interesting quote i found on the internet: "The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble." Blaise Pascal
ReplyDeleteThe smallest things can have the biggest consequenses
Think about it,
Alex Pennington
This is a pretty lengthy quote, but I couldnt pick one part of it:
ReplyDelete"To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows."- Ralph Waldo Emerson from Nature
I wonder how many people today can say that they have found the "wild delight" of nature. Its amazing to see how we tend to lose our joy of nature as we get older. We become so caught up in our inward affairs that we lose focus of the environment around us.
John T. Chavis
"Nature is just enough; but men and woman must comprehend and accept her suggestions." Antionette Brown Blackwell
ReplyDeleteI think its saying nature would be all we need but we have to make sure we do what we can to take care of it and appreciate it in order for it to work.
Brittney Dennis
Hey Mr. D
ReplyDeletewhat was the A.P.E.S thought of the day on the 25th again?
-Brittney
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature."
ReplyDeleteAnne Frank
Because this is coming from a person who had been through so much during their life as Anne Frank, I believe it says alot about the power of nature. She is telling us that whenever we feel overwhelmed that we should let the "simple beauty of nature" relax us. Almost as if the beauty of nature is God's gift and medicine to mankind.
Veronica Hopkins
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
ReplyDeleteWe as a people move so fast in life, too fast to completely grasp everything. If we allowed ourselves to slow down instead of anticipating the next event, we'd be able to truely understand our surroundings. I think many don't take time to stop and "smell the roses", causing them to miss out on something that could potentially be the best thing that COULD have ever happened to them.
-Chantel Reid
Im not sure if this is how im supposed to comment back on someone else's quote but....
ReplyDeleteIn response to Alex's quote
"The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble"
I catch myself always referring to the domino effect. It is constantly happening around us whether we see it or not. Dropping a pebble into a pool of water wil send ripples throughout the ENTIRE pool, not just a part of it.
The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. ~Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923
ReplyDeleteIn response to chanyblaze
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
that quote has a very good meaning
This is so true....
ReplyDeleteMan has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day. [Uncle Vanya, 1897]
- Anton Chekhov
It just amazes me that we have been given the power and knowledge to create life in a tube and discover miracle cures, yet we deplete our resources thinking, oh it's okay they'll just grow back again. News flash they're not, and until we can learn to use control, there may be nothing left for us to save for future generations.
I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. ~William Hazlitt
ReplyDeleteSometimes we want the company of others but when you step outside and are given a moment to appreciate it, any company would just be intruding on the moment.
In response to Veronica Hopkins:
Your quote and mine are similar because they both deal with solitude. Both of the authors seem to agree that a person can only envelope themselves in nature, and therefore be happy, if they don't have the distractions of other people around all the time.
Kelsey Rupp
Sorry for the length.
ReplyDeleteThe best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is
to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone
with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and
that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple
beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace
in all troubles.
- Anne Frank
I know this quote is true for myself. On a bad day, all I have to do is go for a walk, observing and pondering all the environmental intricacies and phenomena that occour every single day. It's great for keeping things in perspective: Nature has taught me everything has a time and a place, and there's no reason to be overly stressed over things that are beyond your control.
By comparison, my problems just don't seem as significant anymore.
This brings makes me think of John's quote;
I've noticed that his quote is completely true. As people grow older, often times it seems that they begin to die inside long before they are actually deceased. People become too absorbed in selfish ambitions to find the simple joy that comes from living: this joy is lost.
Caroline Belmore (:
ReplyDeleteI love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. ~George Washington Carver
IN RESPONSE TO AUSTIN WOOD
in the future, that could be a possibility.
Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.
ReplyDeleteBlaise Pascal
Austin's quote i think in very true of us.
ReplyDeleteEverything that we touch we end up destroying becuase we dont know how to take a little here and there. we always take to much at one time and we never stop taking from nature. we are gluttons of everything that is good and in the end we loose what we need to sustain ourselves.
Alex Pen...
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ReplyDelete"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things...I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind."
ReplyDeleteLeo Buscaglia
I like this quote, it reminds me of myself. I find happiness in the smallest packages and they dont have to come from a store. Im still a little kid at heart, I admit it. Every Autumn I still rake the leaves into a huge pile and jump in them all day! (: Sometimes when im running, I pretend like im racing the wind. This quote takes me back to when I was a little kid who played outside all day long: playing in the mud, making forts in the woods, running through the fields, finding bugs under rocks, staying outside until mom called me in for dinner. I didnt notice till now that nature was my best friend.
-Lindsey Wynne
"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.
ReplyDeleteAlbert Camus"
I didn't have to look much farther than my bedroom for this quote. Being one of my favorite quotes of all time, I have given this quote as much thought as this quote as given me inspiration. I think this quote is referring to all the difficult situations or adversities we have all faced throughout our lives, and will continue to face as we grow older. But instead of becoming consumed by these harsh times and letting them bring you down, you have to realize that there is always tomorrow. There is always something, whether it be a for your son, or boyfriend, or friends, worth living for; there is always something worth moving on for; there is always something that will bring you out of that tough time, and make you remember what makes life so great.
In response to Kelsey's quote "I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. ~William Hazlitt".
I believe this quote says a lot about a person. I, personally, am a social being; I love being around people and I love the company they provide. But, occasionally, it is necessary to truly step back from society and simply go outside and enjoy the nature God has provided for us. There is something about going outside, laying in the grass, being with nature, and simply pondering life and all it possible holds for you that is truly therapeutic and inspiring in itself.
In response to Veronica Hopkin's post:
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your quote. Nature has a way of allowing us to get away from all of the noise in our society and focus on what is important: the well being of ourselves and others. I think that so many times we become caught up in our "hectic" schedules, that we forget the true value of life.
John T. Chavis III
"Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity we shall harness the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world man will have discovered fire."
ReplyDeletePersonally I believe this quote refers too the different aspects of nature to explain too us that we won't be able too harness and control any of these things so...trying to be able to control love is pointless because we probably will not be able to control any characteristic of nature. However if we are able to control love then (in reference to fire) it would be like discovering fire again because love is a serious thing, and playing with love is like playing with fire...in the end someone is succeptable to getting hurt.
I agree with Alex Pens...quote. As a society we're always trying to take more than needed no matter what the substance or object is. In the end our demise won't be due to anything besides the hands of man.
ReplyDeleteIn response to Chantel's quote, I absolutely agree. Many people miss out on the simple beauty of the things around us. We often are so wrapped up in our own, self created lives that we rarely stop to notice the things that happen on their own.
ReplyDeleteIn Response to Austins Quote...
ReplyDeletei agree with that because we are always using our resources and thinking that well theres enough and we dont think about responsibly managing how much resources of ours we really use and one day its going to be too late to realize because we arent going to have any left.
"Human nature is just about the only nature some people experience." ~Abigail Charleson
ReplyDeleteI feel that this quote is very true for society today. Most people do not take the time to appreciate the world around them. They are just to busy taking all of it's precious resources.
In responses to Victors quote..
I feel exactly the same, whenever I'm upset i always go sit in my back yard and just listen to the birds and look at the clouds. It really does make me feel a million times better.
"Nature hates calculators"
ReplyDelete-Ralph Waldo Emerson-
Nature is one, so are we, who would want to be divided?
Comment on kelseyrupps quote:
I love that quote!
Sometimes we can feel alone even in a crowded room. But in nature there is always something or someone waiting around the bend!
-Dannielle H.-
"Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us." ~Henrik Tikkanen
ReplyDeleteI agree with this quote a 100 percent. Today's society has become so self-indulgent we don't realize the detrimental impact we're causing on our environment. We as American's are one of the leading polluters in the world. With each passing day we are making it harder and harder for future generations, and ourselves, to live on earth.
In response to Dannielle's quote
ReplyDeletei completely agree. Nature balances itself out, nature doesn't need us adding elements, or taking resources away.
The poetry of the earth is never dead.
ReplyDelete~John Keats
In respones to Austin Wood,
ReplyDeleteI feel as though that the quote completely describes what we as humans are doing to nature now. We are killing the world around us with just the touch of our hands. If we did have the ability to distroy our atmosphere we just might.
There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi
ReplyDeleteIn response to Alex's quote, I totally agree with it. The smallest thing could happen and it could change everything.
ReplyDeleteIt has always been to me, the ocean, overwhelming, monstrous, deep, dark, green and black, so foreign that requires respect, silence, humility. All of the life in it is menacing, compelling, exquisite, with nothing consoling. --Andrea Dworkin
ReplyDeleteI sort of agree with this quote. I believe it means that in pertaining to nature, we as people look upon the known natural world with a an amused gaze. but yet, when we look at the unknown like looking at the ocean from the surface, trying to see the bottom, We still cannot fathom the extent of what nature is to us, for look at us now: we cannot be consoled due to our heavy footprints we have left in the earth. though, everyone will make an impact on the earth no matter how hard we try not to. we are scared to what might happen to our resources when they vanish. we don’t know what the future will hold. I believe the problem is that there is too much human apathy. do we look at an iPod, let's say, and think hmmm how many resources did it take to make this? or the fact that people litter and think hmmm someone will clean this up eventually. bottom line--I think that nature is what this quite stands for, even though it is quite hard to understand at first.
In response to Kelsey's quote "I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. ~William Hazlitt".
I like to go into my woods--about two acres?--and just explore it in wonder. I have made a few compost heaps or sort of like one. in the summer time I usually spend most of my time outside. I help my parent's garden, and since they are getting older I have t take over the tilling and weeding and digging and planting and watering, etc. I go into the woods with my heavy-duty pruners, machete, and axe. I cut down the weeds and other things that hamper the growth of one of our oaks or magnolia tree or blueberry bush. I like to watch how big the banana spiders get over time. since where I live, my backyard happens to have swampy features and is deciduous. so...there the soil is pretty rich with nutrients and the water table is kind of high there. I scout around and find good spots to plant some of my vegetables. I have to be careful what I plant this upcoming summer because a rabbit ate all my sweet potatoes >< but not my taro and ginger. I tend to grow a lot of okra and peppers and other things like broccoli or chives. I could make a list of what we grow. wait...I think I went off a bit off track. yes.....I really do enjoy nature, especially when I get to eat from the work of my own labor.
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
ReplyDeleteGalileo
In response to alex's comment, i agree with Alex because one thing can affect all things, such as a domino. One domino hits another creates a chain reaction.
Ricki A. Ruffin
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves."
ReplyDeleteJohn Muir
Comment to Brittany Dennis quote:
ReplyDeleteI liek your quote it ia saying that nature provides everythign we need but we do not understand how to use what nature gives us in the right sustainable way.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences.
ReplyDelete- Robert G. Ingersoll
i like this quote because we view as our playground when we should treat as our shelter and treat it with respect and we should clean up what we have dirtied up.
i like what sieray said because we do not responsibly take from our enviroment like we should do. we need to take only what we need and somehow replace what we have used.
-Josh Morton
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
ReplyDelete- Iris Murdoch
This quote speaks to me because i personally think that we take nature for granted way too often. we don't see the beauty of the simplest things around us - flowers, butterflies, the peaceful sound of the wind. we don't realize how good we have it, how blessed we are to be able to wake up in the morning and see flowers and trees and just about everything that makes this cruel world we live in a little easier to deal with.
In response to austin wood's quote, i totally agree with it. I feel like we, humans, keep taking every single thing within our grasp from nature. we take and take until there's just nothing left. isn't that the main reason why hundreds of thousands of trees are getting cut all over the world? as long as there's something in nature that we can use in some way, we will find a way to take it. we're too selfish to care about just leaving half of the things that we take to nature itself.
ReplyDeleteHow strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude! ~Emily Dickinson, letter to Mrs. J.S. Cooper, 1880
ReplyDeleteVictor fosters quote was so totaly AWSOME I like it because it shows that nature is everything and that we must take care of it because it is very important to us.
ReplyDeleteA bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
ReplyDeleteLou Holtz
In response to victors quote:
i agree with melissa391 because it really does show that everything relates to nature.
~ We generate our own environment. We get exactly what we deserve. How can we resent a life we've created ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit but us? Who can change it, anytime we wish, but us? ~
ReplyDelete"How strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude! ~Emily Dickinson, letter to Mrs. J.S. Cooper, 1880"
ReplyDeletebrittney dennis's quote really tells us not to just blow off the warnings that earth is telling us with all the poluting and disruption to its environments