The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not in the religious sense, but in the sense of an intimate harmony with things.


Secret Conversations, 1941-1944 (ed. 1953)


The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not in the religious sense, but...

The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not in the religious sense, but...

The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not in the religious sense, but...

The man who contemplates the universe with his eyes wide open is the man with the greatest amount of natural piety; not in the religious sense, but...