Quotes About Nature

Life is revealing. It is not only human beings who speak; if only the ears can hear even plants and trees and all nature speak, in the sense that nature reveals itself, reveals its secret. In this way we communicate with the whole of life. Then we are never alone, then life becomes worth living.

Industrialists, who turn the Amazonian jungle into useless tundra or cement over half the planet, are not, for some reason, machine-gunned en masse, nor captured and exhibited, nor do they have their teeth extracted and carved into little men.

He drew witches, wolves, and ghosts; she sketched landscapes and cottages.

Out in the radish fields, she did not have to impress, outthink, or outperform anyone.

The bees build in the crevices Of loosening masonry, and there The mother birds bring grubs and flies. My wall is loosening; honey-bees, Come build in the empty house of the stare.

Their bony branches grew barer with each tearing wind. Their tall, leaning forms looked like a gateway to a long-abandoned world. They lived. Their roots were much deeper than mine would ever be. One day my tree would fall and die, gnawed by serpents.

Why Do Fairies Let Bad Things Happen to Good People?

Bamboo blooms rarely, maybe every sixty to one hundred years, but when the parent plant flowers, its offspring—no matter where in the world they are—also bloom.

Asking if a particular trait is due to nature or nurture implies a false dichotomy between nature, genes, and evolution on the one side and between nurture and environment on the other. In fact, all of it is evolutionary.

engaging in more ancient activities, be it walking or sports, gardening or hunting, will often integrate all aspects of physical activity without any planning or counting being required.

Male and female are complementary states, and there is a healthy natural tension between them.

Wildlife is just that --- wild life.

Bad dogs, she believed, were like most bad children: created by those around them. But then, that was a personal opinion.

Sometimes, when the sun is shining, it's daytime,"Robert snapped. "And sometimes, when it's dark, it's because there's an eclispe,"Leslie snapped back.

Evil lies in the hearts of mankind!

The ground you walk on is the grounding of your soul read like a book by mother earth, a book that is drawing to a close, what will your next book be?

Your love is like your whispers on leaves in the autumn, and on petals in the spring, your love, you see, is the beauty you bring.

Xavier wasn't put on the earth to witness the bad htings like Jules and I were. He had been put here to notice lovely things, things that God had created and no one had any complaints about. Leaves turning red in the autumn. How when the tide goes out, the shells are left on the shore. I was put here - Jules and I were both put here - to see sadder things. We had to stand in the rain and explain why the world was a lovely place.

Somewhere, a sparrow is singing in B minor.

They must visit Walden Pond," says Mrs. Chadwick, whipping out a clipboard from who knows where and making a note. Becca's mother is addicted to clipboards.

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A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe." Tripping, Page 231,by

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.

The time has come for me to get my kite flying, stretch out in the sun, kick off my shoes, and speak my piece. —Harpo Marx