Quotes About Nature

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.

There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.

In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.

"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it and chase it directly, the more it eludes you; but if you sit quietly and busy yourself with other things, it will come and light upon your shoulder."

I love the sensation of being out in the open air, far away from all the distractions of modern life. I will usually disappear for a couple of hours, and that time on my bike is quite sacred, as it's when I do all my serious thinking. Sometimes I will stop off at bikers' cafe and have a bacon sandwich.

2. You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Life is a flower of which love is the honey.

Like mother, like daughter.

"A dog is not 'almost human' and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."

"Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way."

Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

"Spring makes the world a happy place You see a smile on every face. Flowers come out and birds arrive, Oh, isn't it grand to be alive?"

"If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom."

"Spring is the time of the year, when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade."

"A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King."

"In springtime, love is carried on the breeze. Watch out for flying passion or kisses whizzing by your head."

We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.

"Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer."

"Nothing is so beautiful as spring – when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing."

I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.

Spring is a true reconstructionist.

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

"Spring is the only revolutionary whose revolution has succeeded."