"We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Nature Tags: nature, observers More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "Beauty without expression is boring." "A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature." "Pictures must not be too picturesque." More In Nature "The beauty of the past belongs to the past."― Margaret Bourke-White "What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale."― Hermann Hesse "We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies – it is the first law of nature."― Voltaire