Quotes About Nature

I think we are very environmental people. We need to be supported environmentally. Books very much have that imprint on the mind.

He looked from His heavens and saw it was good, the toes and the crows all looked like they should. The bunny was quick, the finch bright as a daisy, the owl flew at night, and the tortoise was lazy.

Love water, protect it:

I had long ago stopped believing in promises. Biological imperatives, yes. Environmental factors, yes. Promises, no.

Keep the environment clean and the waters clear as crystal.

I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.

I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.

Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.

The likelihood that inborn differences are one contributor to social status does not mean that it is the only contributor.

Men are naturally unequal. They are unequal members of one family, in which one can be brilliant, another mediocre, and another an imbecile. Hereditary substance is a mystery.

The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.

The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.

Then to Silvia let us sing that Silvia is excelling. She excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwelling.

Which are you drinking? The water or the wave?

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

While I am here I would like to experience as many of the beauties of the world as possible and help others to do the same.

A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.

Dogs experience the world as it is, without judgement. When we learn to do the same, we make the world a better place.

The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned.

Chicago is known as the Windy City, and Montana is called the Big Sky State, so I think that we should somehow combine the two to create the ultimate kite-flying experience.

You may learn to imitate a birdcall, but do you experience what the nightingale feels for the rose?

Half the charm of climbing mountains is born in visions preceding this experience - visions of what is mysterious, remote, inaccessible.

Getting people into the wilderness for a transcendent experience empowers people for years, if not for their entire lives.

Shamanism, on the other hand, is this world wide, since Paleolithic-times, tradition which says that you must make your own experience the center piece of any model of the world that you build.