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 More Quotes by Joseph Wood Krutch More Quotes From Joseph Wood Krutch 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 cat mind animal 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 intelligence wisdom two Rhetoric takes no real account of the art in literature and morality takes no account of the art in life. Joseph Wood Krutch real literature art 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 eternity passing-away time 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 human-nature fundamentals law The grand paradox of our society is this: Joseph Wood Krutch paradox society men Both the cockroach and the bird could get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most. Joseph Wood Krutch
