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Joseph Wood Krutch quotes

American Ecologist November 25, 1893 – May 22, 1970

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Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies. Joseph Wood Krutch
Joseph Wood Krutch quote: "Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude."
Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. Joseph Wood Krutch
Joseph Wood Krutch quote: "If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it..."
If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either. Joseph Wood Krutch
The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only. Joseph Wood Krutch
When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman. Joseph Wood Krutch
Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. Joseph Wood Krutch
Joseph Wood Krutch quote: "It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder."
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder. Joseph Wood Krutch
Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying. Joseph Wood Krutch
Up up and quit your books' is not an adjuration commonly thought advisable in universities but there are occasions -- as for instance, when studying Wordsworth when it might be advisable. Joseph Wood Krutch
For a real glimpse into an almost vanished world, one should look...at a scorpion who so obviously has no business lingering into the twentieth century. He is not shaped like a spider and he has too many legs to be an insect. Plainly, he is a discontinued model--still running but very difficult, one imagines, to get spare parts for. Joseph Wood Krutch
If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers. Joseph Wood Krutch
Joseph Wood Krutch quote: "Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well..."
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most. Joseph Wood Krutch
Joseph Wood Krutch quote: "The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the..."
The wilderness and the idea of wilderness is one of the permanent homes of the human spirit. Joseph Wood Krutch
It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being. Joseph Wood Krutch
The world of poetry, mythology, and religion represents the world as a man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it. Joseph Wood Krutch

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