Quotes about nature
nature exercise imagination
The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort should our author accustom and exercise his imagination upon the dregs of nature. Alexander Pope
nature children fur
Know, Nature's children all divide her care, The fur that warms a monarch warmed a bear.
nature tree robes
A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes.
nature school fool
Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs nature meant but fools.
nature tongue advantage
True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but never so well expressed.
nature pain fate
The friend of nature is the man who feels himself inwardly united with everything that lives in nature, who shares in the fate of all creatures, helps them when he can in their pain and need, and as far as possible avoids injuring or taking life. Albert Schweitzer
nature animal life-is
My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.
nature commitment race
The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race in perpetuity. E. O. Wilson
nature ninety-nine species
Ninety-nine percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct.
nature animal genius
Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.
nature ecosystems giving
If enough species are extinguished, will the ecosystems collapse, and will the extinction of most other species follow soon afterward? The only answer anyone can give is: possibly. By the time we find out, however, it might be too late. One planet, one experiment.
nature meals burning
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
nature mean humanity
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
nature animal ecosystems
Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it... Eliminate one species, and another increases to take its place. Eliminate a great many species, and the local ecosystem starts to decay.
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 tree tongue
I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues. Dr. Seuss
nature eye men
And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its tinge upon earth's shore. These mountains, which have seen untold sunrises, long to thunder praise but stand reverent, silent so that man's weak praise should be given God's attention. Donald Miller
nature believe science
We must keep our freedom of mind, ... and must believe that in nature what is absurd, according to our theories, is not always impossible. Claude Bernard
nature responsibility animal
Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility to act; we must do so before it is too late. Dalai Lama
nature children age-difference
In your standard-issue family, of which few remain, but on which our expectations are still based, there are parents and there are children. The way you know which are which, aside from certain size and age differences and despite any behavior similarities, is that the parents are the bossy ones. Delia Ephron
nature names skulls
I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it. Debbie Harry
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.
nature woods today
Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.