That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. Marcus Aurelius on nature
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson on nature
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. Henry Ward Beecher on nature
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God. George Washington Carver on nature
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. Galileo Galilei on nature
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. John Lubbock on nature
Don't knock the weather nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. Kin Hubbard on nature
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. Walt Whitman on nature
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. e. e. cummings on nature
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? E. M. Forster on nature
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. Walt Whitman on nature
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. Alice Walker on nature
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. Samuel Butler on nature
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite. Bertrand Russell on nature
Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed. Walt Whitman on nature
Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. Roger Miller on nature
Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. Rabindranath Tagore on nature
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir on nature
Everything is blooming most recklessly if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. Rainer Maria Rilke on nature