I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.


"Coon Tree" (14 June 1956), The Points of My Compass: Letters from the East, the West, the North, the South (1962); reprinted in Essays of E.B. White (1977)

E. B. White Quotes

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her...