Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. The Sense of Wonder (1965)
Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. The Sense of Wonder (1965)
A preoccupation with the wonder and beauty of the earth has strongly influenced the course of my life. Speech (1954)
Is it the right of this, our generation, in its selfish materialism, to destroy these things because we are blinded by the dollar sign? Beauty-and all the values the derive from beauty-are not measured and evaluated in terms of the dollar. Speech (1954)
There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds, in the ebb and flow of the tides; in the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in these repeated refrains of nature-the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. Speech (1954)