Edwin Way Teale Quotes

Most popular Edwin Way Teale Quotes

Time and space—time to be alone, space to move about—these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow. - Edwin Way Teale quote.
Time and space—time to be alone, space to move about—these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.
— Edwin Way Teale

time

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. - Edwin Way Teale quote.
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.
— Edwin Way Teale Autumn Across America

autumn

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. - Edwin Way Teale quote.
Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.
— Edwin Way Teale

environment

It is easier to accept the message of the stars than the message of the salt desert. The stars speak of man's insignificance in the long eternity of time; the deserts speak of his insignificance right now. - Edwin Way Teale quote.
It is easier to accept the message of the stars than the message of the salt desert. The stars speak of man's insignificance in the long eternity of time; the deserts speak of his insignificance right now.
— Edwin Way Teale

purpose of life

It is not races but individuals that are noble and courageous or ignoble and craven or considerate or persistent or philosophical or reasonable.  The race gets credit when the percentage of noble individuals is high. - Edwin Way Teale quote.
It is not races but individuals that are noble and courageous or ignoble and craven or considerate or persistent or philosophical or reasonable.  The race gets credit when the percentage of noble individuals is high.
— Edwin Way Teale Circle of the Seasons

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