What did John Muir mean by: Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland Copy
+ I wonder if leaves feel lonely when they see their neighbors falling? Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Muir, Lonely, Wonder, 0 - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland
+ In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Muir, Dry, Fire, Heart, 0 - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland
+ To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Muir, Alaska, Country, Travel, 0 - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland
+ When a man plants a tree, he plants himself. Feraz Zeid, June 22, 2023December 12, 2023, John Muir, Garden, 0 - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland
+ Tug on anything in nature and you will find it connected to everything else. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Muir, connected, Inspiration, 0 - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland
+ Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold. Feraz Zeid, September 16, 2023December 24, 2023, John Muir, Glorious, Gold, 0 - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland
+ The mountains are fountains not only of rivers and fertile soil, but of men. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Muir, Mountain, Rivers, 0 - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland
+ When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. Feraz Zeid, July 25, 2023December 29, 2023, John Muir, Nature, 0 - John Muir Naturalist · Scotland
You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes. - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
