Quotes About Nature

In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Nature is telling us that if you don't respect the environment then you are living with artificial needs and a consumerism that is destroying the very conditions we need to survive.

We have lost awe and wonder. In reference to the mystery of life itself, we've lost respect for movement in our planet.

Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.

He who owns a wood of proper land in this country, and, in the face of all the personal riches of the day, only raises crabs and choke pears, deserves to lose the respect of all sensible men.

I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.

It is impossible for any culture to be sound and healthy without a proper respect and proper regard for the soil.

I cannot fish without falling a little in self-respect...always when I have done I feel it would have been better if I had not fished.

I respect Everest very much.

Mechanized recreation already has seized nine-tenths of the woods and mountains; a decent respect for minorities should dedicate the other tenth to wilderness.

There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

Man cannot influence in this respect the atomic forces of Nature.

The solution to our energy needs must go through a show of respect for nature, not, once again, a policy that does violence to our hills.

I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself stronger and in some respects more natural.

An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.

I think it's really important with kids just to show them the beauty of nature and teach them a profound respect for nature.

Evolution isn't just a take-it-or-leave-it story about where we came from. It's an epic at the centre of life itself. It tells us we are part of nature in every respect.

I have a respect for family pride. If it be a prejudice, it is a prejudice in its most picturesque shape. But I hold it is connected with some of the noblest feelings in our nature.

We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.

The sea is very beautiful and gives us many things, but it must be understood and respected, or it will slap you ...

We must stop treating the environment possessively, and as an expendable commodity.