Awakening

Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tip-toe on the misty mountain-tops.

-Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III, 5


I take very seriously the task of awakening,
in as many people as possible,
a deeper understanding
of the awe-inspiring wonder of nature
and I am fanatically eager
to gain proselytes.

-Konrad Lorenz