Quotation by

Henry Miller

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

Nature

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Humans have shown they can control and change the external world around them, but they struggle to fully understand or control their own instincts, emotions, and inner drives. This means that despite all their achievements, people remain limited by their own natural tendencies.

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.