Quote #9

I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake.

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  1. I'd sooner exchange ideas with the birds on earth than learn to carry on intergalactic communications with some obscure race of humanoids o…
  2. All living things on earth are kindred.
  3. This is the most beautiful place on earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the i…
  4. I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. (Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the…
  5. Without courage, all other virtues are useless.
  6. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.
  7. May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clou…
  8. Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful.

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