Quotes About Nature

Le poisson rouge ne peut ramener la complexité des océans à la quiétude de son bocal. (p.185)

An aurora borealis rises over festive orchards; the branches of the trees immediately begin to bud, to blossom, to bend under the weight of their fruit. The child runs through the wild grass, heading for the Wall. It collapses like a big cardboard box, broadening the horizon and exorcising the fields, which extend over the plains as far as the eye can see...Run...And the child runs, laughing all the while, his arms spread out like a bird's wings.

A brute is still a brute, even when smiles; the eyes are where the soul declares its true nature.

The world is a silence broken by the barking of a stray dog.

That's the reason why I chose to spend my last years here and die in my house on the seashore. A man who looks at the sea turns his back on the misfortunes of the world. Somehow, he resigns himself to them.

Bad weather doesn't give you ideas about going to visit a flower garden.

The vaunted liberty which was to make us free has eventuated in a more galling servitude to man's lower nature—especially to sex on the one hand, and to autocratic political power on the other. It is only the truth which can make us free and the truth is that liberty unchecked by law, the Natural Law of God and human law in accordance with the law of God, leads to license and thence to servitude.

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I feel persecuted by the power of mother nature, who dwarfs my farm with her unpredictable character. Yet I cling to a spirit of survival. I observe others, my family and neighbors, as we brace for the storm with a humbling humility.

All good farmers become connoisseurs of dirt and dust.

I get superstitious in late summer.

A type of humility marks a real farmer. Those of us who battle nature all year must ultimately accept the had we're dealt.

I try to rely less and less on controlling nature. Instead I am learning to live with it's chaos.

I like to come out here from time to time, just to be, like, blown away by the sheer physicality of this place, y'know?

What if someone conducted tens of thousands of hours of rigorous investigation to discover truths about the nature of consciousness? Suppose other people replicated the research over hundreds of years. How amazing would it be not just to have an intellectual understanding of the mind's potential but also to establish the most rapid and direct way to realize it? That is the science of Buddhism.

Inner qualities, not outer appearances.

Impermanence. It is the nature of all things, especially relationships. They are certainly not a true cause of happiness.

We cats are the most habitual of creatures.

My dear, your intuition may very well be right." He met her eyes directly. "But perhaps you have to allow things to unfold of their own accord. You can't force a rosebud to open by plucking at its petals. Sometimes, you must wait for nature to take its course, for the other person to see reality for himself.

We are manifestations of the earth, the air, the water and the sun.

The power of meow?" suggested Serena as Mrs. Trinci stroked me. "Exactly," said His Holiness, chuckling. "It is the pathway to well-being and to discovering our own true nature.

David Michie

Buddhism is about understanding our own true nature. What and who we really are.

We sat perfectly still in the dim light as the wolf approached closer, head cocked, mouth closed, and ears semi-erect. With these signs of both curiosity and trepidation, it took a step forward and then backed off a ways, then took a few steps forward again. It lifted its nose and sniffed intently, and finally stopped at about eight feet away. For a moment all three of us were perfectly still, wondering what was going to happen next.