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Quotes About Nature

A snake deserves no pity.
~ Yiddish Proverb
Did God who gave us flowers and trees, Also provide the allergies?
~ Yip Harburg
What is revolution except a systematic way for one species to eat another alive?
~ Yiyun Li
Persimmons are not born soft," "But they are valued for their softness." "Their ripeness.
~ Yiyun Li
Never would I have a more memorable time than the month I spent in the mountains, though I wonder, when I say this, if it appears so only because it is our nature to make a heaven out of places to which we can never return.
~ Yiyun Li
People were the most dangerous animals in the world, Teacher Gu thought of telling his daughter during that visit ten years ago; stay small and unimportant, like a grain of dust,
~ Yiyun Li
How many miles of river melting and how many trees of blossoms blooming would it take for the season to be called spring?
~ Yiyun Li
Because he had been- and in many ways still was- such a brilliant man, he no doubt understood the nature of his memory problem. It wasn't pride that prevented him from asking for help but a deep aversion to causing more trouble than necessary for those of us who lived in the normal world.
~ Yôko Ogawa
Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won't find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions.
~ Yôko Ogawa
Find a spot on Earth that is comfortable for you. Keep that spot clean physically or in your mind. Think about the spot when you are away.
~ Yoko Ono
Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.
~ Yoko Ono
Whisper your dream to a cloud. Ask the cloud to remember it.
~ Yoko Ono
Listen to the sound of the earth turning.
~ Yoko Ono
Humans tend to leave it until we're at the edge of the precipice before we take decisions. I'm an optimist by nature – you can't work in the environmental world if you're not. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62ebf896-ccc9-11e4-b5a5-00144feab7de.html
~ Yolanda Kakabadse
It is a premise of Enlightenment liberalism that the only legitimate purpose of government is to enable individuals to make use of the freedom that is theirs by nature.
~ Yoram Hazony
Everywhere you go, the sky is the sky and people are people.
~ Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch.
~ Yoshida Kenko
The rat gave birth. Six little ones...cute baby rats... None of them are like Hitler.
~ Yoshihiro Tatsumi
The bitter winds in February were sometimes called the First East Winds, but the longing for spring somehow made them seem more piercing.
~ yoshikawa eiji
Não pense em se entender comigo. Não sei porque o ser humano se esforça tanto em se entender um com o outro. Mas lembre-se. Duas pessoas Jamais se entenderão por completo. Pois o ser humano... é um bicho triste assim.
~ Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
I love nature dearly and all creatures that contribute to make it what it is. I see the beauty in all expressions of life, and I see how blind so many of us still are. Our planet is remarkably abundant and there's more than enough for us all.It is greed and shortsightedness that create the illusion of scarcity.
~ Yossi Ghinsberg
I just have to make it to the Tuichi' I mumbled to myself, 'I just have to make it to the Tuichi'. Alone, deep in the jungle, so small and insignificant, pitted against nature, still I sensed someone was watching me. Or watching over me.Someone could see me, someone was providing for me
~ Yossi Ghinsberg
That evening we sat around the campfire. The clouds that had gathered overhead all day broke up and the moonlight shimmered on the Cocus River. The current glittered a silvery reflection. Nor was the Jungle dark. Hundreds of fireflies danced about - it was a magnificent evening
~ Yossi Ghinsberg
The remoteness from civilisation, complete immersion in natural surroundings, breathtaking mountains covered with forest, fresh water springs, and rich flora and fauna inspire me every moment I am there. I feel part of it; moreover, when I step out of my house at night I clearly discern that I am standing on a living planet, turning and moving in its course under the brilliance of the Milky Way.
~ Yossi Ghinsberg