Quotes About Reflection

We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

The initial step for us all to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature.

One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.

For observing nature, the best pace is a snail's pace.

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming, and it's nice to go out there and clear my head.

Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them.

To rise above treeline is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into bird song, bog orchids, willows, and firs is to sink into the preliterate parts of ourselves.

Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.

A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.

Nature is our chapel.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

The whole world is an art gallery when you're mindful. There are beautiful things everywhere and they're free.

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.

In a garden you can find, quiet thoughts that calm the mind.

Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.

It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.

If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.