Quotes About Nature

All really great pictures exhibit the general habits of nature, manifested in some peculiar, rare, and beautiful way.

A sense of the universe, a sense of the all, the nostalgia which seizes us when confronted by nature, beauty, music - these seem to be an expectation and awareness of a Great Presence.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.

When in doubt, follow the senses of beasts.

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

Joys come from simple and natural things: mists over meadows, sunlight on leaves, the path of the moon over water.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.

Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.

In a beautiful morning, walking barefoot to the work through the green fields with the company of the singing birds... and there you shall meet the real happiness!

A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.

As she fled fast through sun and shade The happy winds upon her play'd, Blowing the ringlet from the braid.

If you want to see a rainbow you have to learn to see the rain.

My heart is like a singing bird.

A flower blossoms for its own joy.

It's an odd thing, happiness. Some people take happiness from gold. Or black pearls. And some of us, far more fortunate, take their happiness from periwinkles.

Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.

Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.

I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful.

Happiness is like a butterfly.

Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.