Quotes About Nature

was off yanking innocent fish out of an idyllic existence in some lake

Control.... is not what we need. What we need is to bend to the tempest like pine and palm trees - flexible, adaptive, attuned, yet fully rooted in our principles.

It was as if she had been terribly burned. As if the light of the fire that once charged her had run its course and now, years later, had left her extinguished. But wasn't that the nature of fire, he decided, once its fuel was done—to leave just the exhausted frame?

Connection with gardens, even small ones, even potted plants, can become windows to the inner life. The simple act of stopping and looking at the beauty around us can be prayer.

There are some people who don't even know enough to fall in love with the water.

Travis would always be a nice man with a shallow character. On the other hand, Cade's character was as deep and dangerous as a river's currents. She

What I can and cannot imagine is a psychological fact about me. It is not a deep metaphysical fact about the nature of the universe.

The 50-minute flights go from Hanapepe Valley to Mana Waiapuna, also known as "Jurassic Park Falls," then on to some of Kauai's most beautiful sites: the Bali Hai Cliffs; the pristine blue waters of Hanalei Bay and the Princeville Resort area (see p. 943); Olokele Canyon; and Waimea Canyon, the dramatically, ruggedly beautiful "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" (see p. 947).

men hunt by pretending to be the brothers of the prey they seek, and women hunt by impersonating the mothers of their prey.

All the elements of the universe -- fire, earth, air and water -- are assembled in a loaf of bread.

Standing with reluctant feet, where the brook and river meet.

Twenty minutes into our walk away from the wall put us deep in a forest of fir, pine, cottonwood, and aspen trees. The lush forest floor was alive and danced with shadows cast from an endless parade of swaying trees. As we approached early evening it was cool and peaceful. The sound of the trees moving in the wind high above seemed like a friendly traveling companion, calling us farther and farther into the depths of the forest.

There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. A

sound of snipping growing softer outside the window, Leo

Wade and Clara Quinn," Hawk

In the morning light, I remembered how much I loved the sound of wind through the trees. I laid back and closed my eyes, and I was comforted by the sound of a million tiny leaves dancing on a summer morning.

La beauté ne demande pas qu'on l'apprenne, qu'on la récite ou qu'on l'applique. Elle bouleverse, éveille, réveille. Elle inspire.

Perhaps animals are smarter than men, he thought, taking only what they need to live today leaving something for tomorrow.

You are trying to capture the fog, and no one can do that.

Even the hated wolf kills only for food and only for immediate need. Maybe it is man who will eventually perish as he destroys the land and all that it offers, taking the animals down with him.

Is there 'gators in the river?" "Mister, there ain't no water in Florida without 'gators, 'less you got a tub of it in your house. And one's liable to get in there too if you leave the door open.

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.

There is no greater fan of fly fishing then the worm.

The machete was needed anytime you had to slash out your own trail. This necessity arose more often than a person who is not a kid with a machete might think.