The chief merit of language is clearness.
GALENThe chief merit of language is clearness.
GALENConfidence and hope do more good than physic.
GALENThe chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.
GALENAfter coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster.
GALENLuckily, many other people tell me how they have had a particular landscape photograph of mine in their office or bedroom for 15 years and it always speaks to them strongly whenever they see it
GALENThose who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!
GALENAll animals are sad after coitus except the female human and the rooster.
GALENAll who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die.
GALENHe who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.
GALENWhat I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I’m not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I’m not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world
GALENThe best physician is also a philosopher.
GALENWho Are You? What do you want? Where Are You Going? Who do you serve and who do you trust?
GALENLook to the nervous system as the key to maximum health.
GALENThe reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images
GALENEmployment is nature’s physician, and is essential to human happiness.
GALENThese days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message
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