There is something relentless about the serenity of nature which has a crushing effect on the human mind. The lavish splendour of her phases, which completely ignores human strife, fills the race of men with the sensation of their own ephemeral insignificance and drives them mad.

Gabriel Chevallier
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The words of John Muir, spoken in his book "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth", speak for themselves. The truth of his words is that people today tend to forget the great things that nature has to offer. Instead, we strive for power and prestige, forgetting that we are still just a small part of an intricate system that sustains us through good times and bad. We may be the apex of creation, but we do not hold dominion over it. Nature is relentless and she will always call us back to her ways.

Source: Clochemerle

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