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Quotes About Nature

Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep fleeing from a ferocious wolf.
~ Khalil Gibran
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity.
~ John Muir
The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.
~ John Wesley Powell
In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.
~ Mikhail Lermontov
I believe that cuisine is the most important link between nature and culture.
~ Alex Atala
Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.
~ Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread.
~ John Muir
Killing is fundamentally in our nature because over the eons of human evolution murder was so surprisingly beneficial in the intense game of reproductive competition.
~ David Buss
Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!
~ Leonardo DiCaprio
Earth laughs in flowers.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
~ Terence McKenna
The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.
~ Martin Luther
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
~ Charles Alexander Eastman
I do not see why man should not be as cruel as nature
~ Adolf Hitler
If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature and make it obey.
~ Simon Bolivar
If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous.
~ Richard Dawkins
Excess is part of my nature. Dullness is a disease. I really need danger and excitement. I'm never scared of putting myself out on a limb.
~ Freddie Mercury
Nature never breaks her own laws.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions of living.
~ Lebbeus Woods
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
~ Baron de Montesquieu
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
~ Enrico Fermi
I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.
~ Robert Fulghum
A new year is a gift from God, a part of the Divine nature of God.
~ T. B. Joshua