Nature Quotes

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?

He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

No doubt, humans will do a lot of damage before we ultimately destroy ourselves. But life will continue without humans. New forms of intelligence will emerge long after this human experiment is over.

All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

No matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the woods and meadows, one can never learn all the salient facts about any one of them.

Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.

Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky.

We must return to nature and nature's god.

It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I also know that there can be a day of reckoning when you wish you had connected the dots more quickly.

Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.

The urge to revolt is one of the essential dimensions of human nature.

The most exhausting effort in my life has been to suppress my own nature in order to make it serve my biggest plans.

Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.

Wealth acts merely as a kind of mirror to show you human nature at its worst.

Why do we keep believing that we can control nature,even as it banishes us repeatedly from our homes in search of new fertile ground?

It is not in human nature for all men to tread the same path of development, as animals do of a single species.

The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders. Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction.

I wish to be an inspector of volcanoes. I want to study cloud formations and memorize the wind and learn by heart the habits of the ponderosa pine.

Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.

[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.

Nature eventually has her own way, so perhaps the best procedure is to accept what old Mother Nature or God, if you will, dictates. Accept it and you'll get along better.

Nature shows me incredible beauty standing just beyond the rat race. It's always there if I'm open enough to see it.

Trust life, even if you cannot trust people. For human nature is unreliable, but life itself is ruled by immutable law. Right action leads always, in the end, to victory.

In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception

If Nature is our mother, then God is our father.

'Tis always morning somewhere, and aboveThe awakening continents, from shore to shore,Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.

Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for provision of local needs.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

It's in the democratic citizen's nature to be like a leaf that doesn't believe in the tree it's part of.

In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate the process of realisation of fundamental unity.

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.

For me dancing is not just moving your arms and legs but basically it's a very spiritual experience. It's part of me and a second nature to me. You can say it is in my blood.

We should not feel separate from nature, we are a part of it. We need to cover our footprints.

Look at nature - look at birds, look at fish. Things that look good, work good. People don't get the message of ergonomics.

It is inherent in the nature of the capitalistic economy that, in the final analysis, the employment of the factors of production is aimed only toward serving the wishes of consumers.

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.

Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

Repetition is the only form of permanence that Nature can achieve.

For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate.

Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.

I like gardening. I'm really a nature man. I spend as much time as I can in nature. I feel really safe there.

In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Paint with freedom. It gives you more mastery of the nature of paint.