Quotes About Nature

We enjoy the unique faculty of being able to act against natural selection. The problem is that, in order to do this, we must actively oppose some of our key genetic traits, surmount our own nature.

Here is where Darwin's ideas encountered the strongest resistance, lasting up to the present day; they implied a lack of purpose in nature.

Par cette fable, Schopenhauer explique que le besoin de société pousse les hommes les uns vers les autres mais que leur caractère repoussant et leurs insupportables défauts les dispersent de nouveau, jusqu'à ce qu'ils trouvent enfin la bonne distance moyenne.

Sylt ist eigentlich super schön.

Die Trichter Zwei Trichter wandeln durch die Nacht. Durch ihres Rumpfs verengten Schacht fließt weißes Mondlicht still und heiter auf ihren Waldweg u.s. w.

Der Baum wird nie an gebrochenem Herzen sterben und das Gras nie seinen Verstand verlieren. Von außen droht ihnen jede mögliche Gefahr, von innen her aber sind sie gefeit. Sie fallen sich nicht selbst in den Rücken, wie der Mensch mit seinem Geist und ersparen uns damit das wiederholte Schauspiel unseres eigenen zweideutigen Lebens.

Large natures have usually large desires, and only the small are satisfied with the small.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

Rigid geometry forced in varied curves is "mother," / is "nature," is systematic violation." Muy Bueno. / This device is for you, the mutilated of no art.

Regarde bien les arbres. Ils savent, comme nous, qu'ils doivent mourir un jour, mais ils ne pensent qu'à une chose : grandir, monter le plus haut possible.

Another example of how connected we all are, and are meant to be, is the story of the "elephant whisperer," the late Lawrence Anthony. He was a conservationist who saved the lives of countless elephants

You can actually improve your health by spending more time in nature and getting in touch with the earth and sky.

Paramahansa Yogananda said, "Everyone has self-limiting idiosyncrasies. They were not put into your nature by God, but were created by you. These are what you must change—by remembering that these habits, peculiar to your nature, are nothing but manifestations of your own thoughts.

Turtles carry their homes on their backs." Running her finger over the tattoo, she tells him what her dad told her: "They're exposed and hidden at the same time. They're a symbol of strength and perseverance.

I am acutely aware that like a slip of paper in the wind, something in his nature eludes my grasp.

Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control?

Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control? Perhaps these questions are impossible to tease apart because, like a tangle of seaweed on a rock, they are connected at the root.

wage an ongoing war with the elements...we have to push back against the unruly outdoors to keep chaos at bay.

When you live on a farm, everyone is uncomfortable much of the time. Too cold, too warm, dirty, bone tired, banged up, injured by a tool or hot grate - too preoccupied to worry much about each other

Actually, I did it because when we lived on Indian Island we had this turtle named Shelly.

FLOWERS FADE, FREEZE in an early frost, wither on the vine. Trees burst into flame and burn themselves out. Leaves crumble to ash.

The stark gray sky and bare tree limbs feel more suited to her than the uncomplicated promise of sunny spring days.

There's sugar beets and sweet corn and green peas. And those low buildings way over there? Turkey farms. Minnesota is the biggest producer of turkeys in the country. There'd be no Thanksgiving without Minnesota, that's for darn sure. And don't get me started on hunting. We've got pheasants, quail, grouse, whitetail deer, you name it. It's a hunter's paradise.