Quotes About Nature

More and more, as it becomes necessary to preserve the game, let us hope that the camera will largely supplant the rifle.

How sickly grow, How pale, the plants in those ill-fated vales That, circled round with the gigantic heap Of mountains, never felt, nor ever hope To feel, the genial vigor of the sun!

We soon get through with nature. She excites an expectation which she cannot satisfy.

The times I spent with my children in nature are among my most meaningful memories-and I hope theirs.

Spring is like a perhaps hand

Mentre che la speranza ha fior del verde

W.S. Merwin, What Is a Garden?

The flowers' beauty drew her closer to them like a magnetic force. She felt compelled to walk a little faster.

The birthing wolf, Her heart fed with tenderness, Gave forth from ripe brown nipples, Food to feed the universe.

I noticed that the snow was gone and the ground looked greener. It's funny how the good stuff can wipe away the bad stuff so quickly.

Put your seed in the soil, no matter the dormancy period, with faith, there shall surely be germination

The sky and the sun are always there. It's the clouds that come and go.

All he could do was wait like this, patiently, until it grew light out and the birds awoke and began their day. All he could do was trust in the birds, in all the birds, with their wings and beaks.

At the heart of her bad nature, like many bad natures, was probably envy. And at the heart of envy was possibly hope - that the good fortune of others might one day be hers

If the day comes when our descendants can venture with wonder into chestnut forests, we will have gained back more than a perfect tree. We will have gained a new reason for hope.

Stars will blossom in the darkness Violets bloom beneath the snow.

Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.

A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.

The more materiality there is, the less humanity there is

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

By recognizing that the chemical atom is composed of single separable electric quanta, humanity has taken a great step forward in the investigation of the natural world.

Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing what we'd naturally do.

The straight line leads to the downfall of humanity.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.