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Quotes About Nature

?im po?ne da zri leto, neka snaga, za koju ne znam da li dolazi iz mene ili iz svetova oko mene, digne me kao vlaga klicu put svetlosti, i ja putujem, vozim se, plovim, letim. Drugim re?ima, sre?an sam, jer ne bih mogao kazati gde sam.
~ Ivo Andri?
We create forms, like a second order of nature, we arrest youth, retain a glance which in nature would have changed or vanished a moment later, we seize and separate lightning movements which no one would ever have seen and we leave them, with all their mysterious meaning, to the eyes of future generations.
~ Ivo Andri?
travka treba i rosu i kosu.
~ Ivo Andri?
ne znaš da li nas lepota privla?i svojom snagom ili je to snaga koja izvire iz nas i lomi se, kao voda o kamen, tamo gde sretne lepotu.
~ Ivo Andri?
Plamen - to je pijanstvo nežive prirode.
~ Ivo Andri?
i naj?eš?e pustinje imaju svoje prolje?e, pa ma kratko i neprimjetno bilo.
~ Ivo Andri?
Anthropogenic": What agenda allows us to put "human influence" (greenhouse gases, aerosols, emissions) to the fore and celestial mechanics (and Mother Nature) to the rear?
~ J. Douglas Kenyon
Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human faculties. Very different is the Christian ideal. Paganism is optimistic with regard to unaided human nature, whereas Christianity is the religion of the broken heart.
~ J. Gresham Machen
I changed your life." She looked down at the peach they shared. "You changed min. I'm glad of it." And back into his eyes. "Every day. I'm glad of it. I'd like a pond, and maybe something to sit on so we could watch the creepy, interesting fish." "That would suit me very well." She linked her arms around his neck, laid her cheek on his. Love finds a way, she thought.
~ J.D. Robb
A lot of people find rural landscapes relaxing." "Sure, until you start wondering what's creeping behind those trees, or slithering along in the grass.
~ J.D. Robb
Nature, nurture, both matter, both form us. But at some point, at so many points, the choices we make, the paths we take, they define us.
~ J.D. Robb
No. Nature, nurture, both matter, both form us. But at some point, at so many points, the choices we make, the paths we take, they define us. You made yours. She's made hers." "Yeah.
~ J.D. Robb
There is no such thing in man's nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution. —NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
~ J.D. Robb
Members of one family of the fruit fly are called peacocks because they strut on the fruit.
~ J.D. Robb
Whatever our DNA, it's living and being that make us.
~ J.D. Robb
It's in them anyway.
~ J.D. Robb
O love, they die in yon rich sky, They faint on hill or field or river: Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow for ever and for ever. —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
~ J.D. Robb
People sue the clouds if it rains on their picnic.
~ J.D. Robb
Girls chattering is like birds." He fluttered his fingers at his ears. "You hear only the notes.
~ J.D. Robb
If only we could eat our sunsets, I say, we would all be full.
~ J.M. Coetzee
The jackal rips out the hare's bowels, but the world rolls on.
~ J.M. Coetzee
The sun is setting, the sky is a tumult of oranges, reds and violets.
~ J.M. Coetzee
The sun's touch is kind.
~ J.M. Coetzee
It occurs to me that we crush insects beneath our feet, miracles of creation too, beetles, worms, cockroaches, ants, in their various ways.
~ J.M. Coetzee