The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. Henry Beston More Quotes by Henry Beston More Quotes From Henry Beston We of the age of the machines, having delivered ourselves of nocturnal enemies, now have a dislike of night itself. With lights and ever more lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the forests and the sea. Henry Beston light sea night If gardeners will forget a little the phrase, "watering the plants" and think of watering as a matter of "watering the earth" under the plants, keeping up its moisture content and gauging its need, the garden will get on very well. Henry Beston garden rain thinking To know only artificial night is as absurd and evil as to know only artificial day. Henry Beston absurd evil night Do no dishonor to the earth lest you dishonor the spirit of man. Henry Beston earth men world A garden is the mirror of a mind. It is a place of life, a mystery of green moving to the pulse of the year, and pressing on and pausing the whole to its own inherent rhythms. Henry Beston garden life moving Poor body, time and the long years were the first tailors to teach you the merciless use of clothes. Though some scold today because you are too much seen, to my mind, you are not seen fully enough or often enough when you are beautiful. Henry Beston clothes fashion beautiful Expect Nature to answer to your human values as to come into your house and sit in a chair. The economy of nature, its checks and balances, its measurements of competing life - all this is its great marvel and has an ethic of its own. Henry Beston balance nature house When the Pleiades and the wind in the grass are no longer a part of the human spirit, a part of very flesh and bone, man becomes, as it were, a kind of cosmic outlaw, having neither the completeness nor integrity of the animal nor the birthright of a true humanity. Henry Beston nature animal integrity The quality of life, which in the ardour of spring was personal and sexual, becomes social in midsummer. Henry Beston quality social spring Poetry is as necessary to comprehension as science. It is as impossible to live without reverence as it is without joy. Henry Beston reverence impossible joy Nature is a part of our humanity, and without some awareness and experience of that divine mystery man ceases to be man. Henry Beston nature humanity men Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it. Henry Beston banishment vulgar night Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time. Henry Beston vegetarian-diet vegetarianism animal If there is one thing clear about the centuries dominated by the factory and the wheel, it is that although the machine can make everything from a spoon to a landing-craft, a natural joy in earthly living is something it never has and never will be able to manufacture. Henry Beston machines nature joy As well expect Nature to answer your human values as to come into your house and sit in a chair. Henry Beston nature answers house Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man. Henry Beston
