Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances.
Source: In Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, by Oxford University Press, 1979, 1985.
-- Charles Baudelaire, (Apr 9 1821-1867), French poet, critic, translator; He was noted for his powerful expressionistic poetry and translation of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.