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Quotes About Nature

Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
~ Ramana Maharshi
The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.
~ Louis Pasteur
Whatever your determination or will power, it is foolish to try to change the nature of things. Things work the way they do because that is the way of things
~ Miyamoto Musashi
The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.
~ John Gierach
We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.
~ Chief Seattle
What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power, so it becomes his duty to work in that direction.
~ Francis Galton
Beaver do better work than the Corps of Engineers.
~ Mike Todd
What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!
~ Charles Darwin
But the nature of my main work in chemistry can be better represented by more than 280 English publications, of which roughly 200 concern the theory of chemical reactions and related subjects.
~ Kenichi Fukui
Help Nature and work on with her; and Nature will regard thee as one of her creators . . . she will lay bare before thy gaze the treasures hidden in the depths of her pure virgin bosom.
~ H. P. Blavatsky
My work is the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird - equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
~ Mary Oliver
Public art is ephemeral by nature. Google 's new project not only catalogs an artist's work but archives it and allows people to see the art long after it has disappeared.
~ Shepard Fairey
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
~ Plutarch
Yeah, my dream would be to work for 6 months and then have 6 months to play, just snowboarding, surfing, and going to cool places to listen and be alone and kinda chill out.
~ Marc Newson
Work is against human nature. The proof is that it makes us tired.
~ Michel Tournier
The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not only a new house to build up, but an old one to pull down.
~ George Whitefield
My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds - what is important to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and often return to watch it decay.
~ Andy Goldsworthy
It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair The bees are stirring, birds are on the wing, And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of spring.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
~ William Blake
From a knowledge of His work, we shall know Him.
~ Robert Boyle
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.
~ Gertrude Jekyll
The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds
~ Carl Honore
Decide what you want and don't think of the intermediary conditions. When Nature works for us we should want what we want and Nature will work it out for us.
~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi