Quotes about nature
nature law giving
The laws of nature may be operative up to a certain limit, beyond which they turn against themselves to give birth to the absurd. Albert Camus
nature butterfly form
Nature is always lavish of her gifts even to the most insignificant forms. The butterflies and moths are richly dowered in this respect. Annie Besant
nature believe common-sense
Nature seems to exult in abounding radicality, extremism, anarchy. If we were to judge nature by its common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed. In nature, improbabilities are the one stock in trade. The whole creation is one lunatic fringe. ... No claims of any and all revelations could be so far-fetched as a single giraffe. Annie Dillard
nature eye water
Unfortunately, nature is very much a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't affair. A fish flashes, then dissolves in the water before my eyes like so much salt. Deer apparently ascend bodily into heaven; the brightest oriole fades into leaves.
nature believe autumn
Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't it be cheaper to leave them on the tree in the first place? This deciduous business alone is a radical scheme, the brainchild of a deranged manic-depressive with limitless capital. Extravagance! Nature will try anything once.
nature tree enlightenment
There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go sit under that tree by your street.
nature facts fabrication
What preoccupies us, then, is not God as a fact of nature, but as a fabrication useful for a God-fearing society. God himself becomes not a power but an image. Daniel J. Boorstin
nature sex believe
If you believe in your own sex, and won't have it done dirt to: they'll down you. It's the one insane taboo left: sex as a naturaland vital thing. D. H. Lawrence
nature flower roots
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
nature kissing nymphs
Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
nature tree sunlight
I never knew how soothing trees are-many trees and patches of open sunlight, and tree presences; it is almost like having another being.
nature earth-day understanding
An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. David Attenborough
nature responsibility passion
Bringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of responsibility to safeguard it.
nature air water
The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.
nature clouds rolling
A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of October Summery On the hill's shoulder. Dylan Thomas
nature eye blood
When logics die, The secret of the soil grows through the eye, And blood jumps in the sun; Above the waste allotments the dawn halts.
nature land pieces
Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most astounding pieces of land anywhere on God's earth, and one's first impulse, standing on a cliff top surveying it all, is simply to burst into spontaneous applause. Douglas Adams
nature thinking drug
And then, just when you think that you have experienced all the wonders that this world has to offer, you round a peak and suddenly think you're doing the whole thing over again, but this time on drugs.
nature want constant
We're the only creature God ever created that doesn't want to adapt. We want to make it stand still. And one thing that's constant is nature is constantly changing. Don Young
nature children eye
Close your eyes. You might try saying. . . something like this: "The sun is shining overhead. The sky is blue and sparkling. Nature is calm and in control of the world-and I, as nature's child, am in tune with the Universe." Or-better still-pray! Dale Carnegie
nature eye poetry
Now the ears of my ears are awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened. e. e. cummings
nature miracle trying
"What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle--it's just a web." "Ever try to spin one?" asked Mr. Dorian. E. B. White
nature time fall
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
nature literature trembling
The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling. Andre Gide
nature return elements
The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death.
nature believe law
It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. Anatole France
nature men he-man
The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.
nature evil literature
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.
nature believe healing
I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. Anne Frank
nature believe simple
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.
nature mess
Mess with nature and it will mess right back ... Anita Roddick
nature climbing silence
No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied - it speaks in silence to the very core of your being. Ansel Adams
nature fighting government
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.