Quotes about nature
nature finals use
Nature is hieroglyphic. Each prominent fact in it is like a type; its final use is to set up one letter of the infinite alphabet, and help us by its connections to read some statement or statute applicable to the conscious world. Thomas Starr King
nature air eagles
...How sublime Upon a time-blanch’d cliff to muse, and, while The eagle glories in a sea of air, To mingle with the scene around!—Survey The sun-warm heaven... Robert Montgomery
nature wall spring
Say, care-worn man, Whom Duty chains within the city walls, Amid the toiling crowd, how grateful plays The fresh wind o’er thy sickly brow, when free To tread the springy turf,— to hear the trees Communing with the gales,—to catch the voice Of waters, gushing from their rocky womb, And singing as they wander... Spring-hours will come again, and feelings rise With dewy freshness o’er thy wither’d heart.
nature ocean sky
...but when The Spirit speaks,—or beauty from the sky Descends into my being,—when I hear The storm-hymns of the mighty ocean roll, Or thunder sound,—the champion of the storm!— Then I feel envy for immortal words, The rush of living thought; oh! then I long To dash my feelings into deathless verse, That may administer to unborn time, And tell some lofty soul how I have lived A worshipper of Nature and of Thee!
nature lying fate
Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. It is the shaping impulse of America that neither fate nor nature nor the irresistible tides of history, but the work of our own hands, matched to reason and principle, that will determine our destiny. There is pride in that, even arrogance, but there is also experience and truth. In any event, it is the only way we can live. Robert Kennedy
nature world novelty
Culture represents a novelty in the world of nature, and it could have added an effective, unifying edge to the forces of natural selection. Richard Leakey
nature joy earth
We can conserve energy and tread more lightly on the Earth while we expand our culture's capacity for joy. Richard Louv
nature children creativity
Children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, and therefore, for learning and creativity.
nature children knowing
Each of us-adult or child-must earn nature's gift by knowing nature directly, however difficult it may be to glean that knowledge in an urban environment.
nature joy wonder
There is another possibility: not the end of nature, but the rebirth of wonder and even joy.
nature hearing seeing
Nature is about smelling, hearing, tasting, seeing...
nature children real
There is a real world, beyond the glass, for children who look, for those whose parents encourage them to truly see.
nature fields environment
A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field.
nature children joy
By letting our children lead us to their own special places we can rediscover the joy and wonder of nature.
nature children weather
Children who played outside every day, regrdless of weather, had better motor coordination and more ability to concentrate.
nature children attention
Being close to nature, in general, helps boost a child's attention span.
nature morning stars
What happens when all the parts of childhood are soldered down, when the young no longer have the time or space to play in their family's garden, cycle home in the dark with the stars and moon illuminating their route, walk down through the woods to the river, lie on their backs on hot July days in the long grass, or watch cockleburs, lit by morning sun, like bumblees quivering on harp wires? What then?
nature children play
Studies of children in playgrounds with both green areas and manufactured play areas found that children engaged in more creative forms of play in the green areas.
nature tree house
This tree house became our galleon, our spaceship, our Fort Apache...Ours was a learning tree. Through it we learned to trust ourselves and our abilities.
nature children memories
We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children's memories, the adventures we've had together in nature will always exist.
nature children fun
If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection and the chore defeats the joy. It's a good thing to learn more about nature in order to share this knowledge with children; it's even better if the adult and child learn about nature together. And it's a lot more fun.
nature children flower
Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its preservation. Can we teach children to look at a flower and see all the things it represents: beauty, the health of an ecosystem, and the potential for healing?
nature land people
Increasingly the evidence suggests that people benefit so much from contact with nature that land conservation can now be viewed as a public health strategy.
nature curves needs
In our bones we need the natural curves of hills, the scent of chaparral, the whisper of pines, the possibility of wildness.
nature children deny
Quite simply, when we deny our children nature, we deny them beauty.
nature antidote
Nature is one of the best antidotes to fear.
nature use senses
Use all of your senses.
nature cities intellectual
Research suggests that exposure to the natural world - including nearby nature in cities - helps improve human health, well-being, and intellectual capacity in ways that science is only recently beginning to understand.
nature school garden
Numerous studies document the benefits to students from school grounds that are ecologically diverse and include free play areas, habitats for wildlife, walking trails, and gardens.
nature school parent
An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal to the wider world.
nature parenting woods
The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.
nature children self-confidence
An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological health, risk to children's concept and perception of community, risk to self-confidence and the ability to discern true danger
nature dust hands
Nature is imperfectly perfect, filled with loose parts and possibilities, with mud and dust, nettles and sky, transcendent hands-on moments and skinned knees.