Quotes about nature
nature rocks air
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our flesh-and-bone tabernacle seems transparent as glass to the beauty about us, as if truly an inseparable part of it, thrilling with the air and trees, streams and rocks, in the waves of the sun,-a part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal. John Muir
nature wind water
I am well again, I came to life in the cool winds and crystal waters of the mountains. John Muir
nature eye perfect
These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar. John Muir
nature morning sleep
Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Here grow the wallflower and the violet. The squirrel will come and sit upon your knee, the logcock will wake you in the morning. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill. Of all the upness accessible to mortals, there is no upness comparable to the mountains. John Muir
nature adventure dark
The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark. John Muir
nature adventure men
I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news John Muir
nature adventure garden
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir
nature i-hate-you heart
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir
nature adventure garden
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir
nature flower adventure
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir
nature sea tree
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. John Muir
nature hiking climbing
The mountains are calling and I must go. John Muir
nature heart garden
As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can". John Muir
nature technology men
More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More and more Americans are appalled by the ravages of industrial progress, by the defacement of nature, by man-made ugliness. If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery. John W. Gardner
nature world deposits
If the world were a big apartment, we wouldn't get our deposit back. John Ross
nature light roots
My entire delight was in observing without being myself noticed,- if I could have been invisible, all the better. . . to be in the midst of it, and rejoice and wonder at it, and help it if I could, - happier if it needed no help of mine, - this was the essential love of Nature in me, this the root of all that I have usefully become, and the light of all that I have rightly learned. John Ruskin
nature art mean
Nature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable. John Ruskin
nature gambling neighbor
You cannot get anything out of nature or from God by gambling; only out of your neighbor. John Ruskin
nature two taste
In nature two things do not occur-the wheel and good taste. John Steinbeck
nature orange rocks
Orange and speckled and fluted nudibranchs slide gracefully over the rocks, their skirts waving like the dresses of Spanish dancers. John Steinbeck
nature men fishing
It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. John Steinbeck
nature garden beauty-of-the-earth
There is nothing pleasanter than spading when the ground is soft and damp. John Steinbeck
nature men years
The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man's litter has more permanence. John Steinbeck
nature earth-day tree
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. Martin Luther
nature stars flower
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. Martin Luther
nature reality expectations
Basically you create your experience through your beliefs about yourself and the nature of reality. Another way to understand this is to realize that you create your experiences through your expectations. Seth Godin
nature should companion
Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions. Tobias Smollett
nature responsibility individual
Nature has come to a point where now, unless you take individual responsibility, you cannot grow. Rajneesh
nature stars eye
Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars-and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Rajneesh
nature stars ocean
And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows. Rajneesh
nature school curiosity
A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education. Smiley Blanton
nature iron oil
We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources ... But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil and the gas are exhausted. Theodore Roosevelt
nature mean land
Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us. Theodore Roosevelt