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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
No doubt it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. That work is already advanced and is making progress every day. But man must be civilized also in relation to nature.
Thou fool! Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom; that idle crag thou sittest on is six thousand years of age.
I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.
If we are willing to be still and open enough to listen, wilderness itself will teach us.
I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible. From that moment my life changed.
Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone.
Once, when the days were ages, And the old Earth was young, The high gods and the sages From Nature's golden pages Her open secrets wrung.
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.
Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
To grow up in intimate association with nature - animal and vegetable - is an irreplaceable form of wealth and culture.
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.
Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Colors are the smiles of nature.
Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.
Not to sound too deep or weird, but I think that the times when you really appreciate surfing are the times you're really sort of becoming one with nature. Surfing's as raw of a sport as it gets.
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
By viewing nature, nature's handmaid art, Makes mighty things from small beginnings grow: Thus fishes first to shipping did impart, Their tail the rudder, and their head the prow.
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
For the nature of women is closely allied to art
The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Nature, time and patience are three great physicians.
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.
When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.
Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.
I’m interested in using the iconography of nature and the American landscape as surrogates or metaphors for psychological anxiety, fear or desire
The earth has music for those who listen.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper, or his keeper's brother.
We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.
Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.
O maternal earth which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep!
My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.
Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.
As long as we are not living in harmony with nature and our constitution, we cannot expect ourselves to be really healed. Ayurveda gives us the means
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
I am in love with the green earth.
