Quotes About Nature

Anarchy is all around us. Without it, our world would fall apart. All progress is due to it. All order extends from it. All blessed things that rise above the state of nature are owned to it. The human race thrives only because of the lack of control, not because of it. I'm saying that we need ever more absence of control to make the world a more beautiful place. It is a paradox that we must forever explain.

Man is still a predatory animal, and we're only kidding ourselves if we think we're the pinnacle of evolution and civilization.

The world is dark and quiet, except for the soft rustling of leaves and the cry of a a wolf in the distance.

Once a villain, always a villain.

A few moments later, a group of white birds landed on the steps to watch her. "Hello there!" she said and removed some birdseed from her pocket, laying it on the steps for them to eat. When they were finished, they stayed to watch her work. She didn't mind. It helped to have company, even if they couldn't talk. She found herself talking to them sometimes. True, some might call her mad for conversing with animals, but who was paying attention?

No matter how hard she had tried to keep the girl hidden away and keep her from the finer things a princess should be afforded, the girl's beauty and nature shone through. No rags, no dirt could hide Snow's luminescence. That child was a perfect rose. Now that she was of age, there was no hiding that.

Lily was thrilled about the weather. Post-rain is the best time for her to catch insects so I suspect I won't see her all morning. "Come on!" Sasha says. "Let's be the first ones there so we get to pick our own teams." No one moves. Even Lily is already up and out today. Post-rain is the best time for her to catch insects so I suspect I won't see her all morning.

The ballroom of Royal Academy might be the most magnificent sight I've ever seen. The enormous room is lit entirely by clouds of fireflies that float near the ceiling. Flowers crawl down the walls like ivy, while dozens of beautiful potted trees give the room the illusion of an enchanted forest.

How could we imagine that a God who created wildflowers and waterfalls and pine trees and hummingbirds and warm sand and mountain ranges and tulips thinks beauty is nonsense? He

What about Wee Squirl? --Rose MacDonell

Be patient - let yourself unfurl one delicate leaf at a time.

Marvel at the small wonders around you every day.

We would be wise to take more of our cues from the beasts and babies. All

All of Mother Nature's creatures are designed to fully flourish before they drop dead.

This is why they always tell you on airplanes that you have to put your oxygen mask on first before you help someone else with theirs. They have to remind us of this because it's counterintuitive—unless you are a sociopath, it's your nature to help.

Goethe's Oak, which

trudging a determined circuit around Lake Harriet even in the most dismal weather.

AS IF TO COMPENSATE for the punitive winter, the city explodes with flowers overnight—making it, if only for a week or two, one of the most beautiful places on earth.

How warm the day can be when the wind is at your back.

Severe weather is just Nature's way of correcting an imbalance.

Butterflies are a cold-blooded species. That's why in the country you'll often see them sitting in the middle of the road. Try not to hit them with your car! (The butterfly does not survive this process.)

Darkness is simply a piece of the whole, neither good nor evil unless you make it so.

May the road rise to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home And may the hand of a friend always be near. May green be the grass you walk on, May blue be the skies above you, May pure be the joys that surround you, May true be the hearts that love you. —Traditional Irish Blessing

Oh! it is better to live on the sea and let other men raise your crops and cook your meals. A house smells of smoke, a ship smells of frolic. From a house you see a sooty roof, from a ship you see Valhalla.