Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. Francis Bacon on nature
The poetry of the earth is never dead. John Keats on nature
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Emily Dickinson on nature
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. George Santayana on nature
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. Marshall McLuhan on nature
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. Russell Baker on nature
All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. Thomas Browne on nature
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. Jules Verne on nature
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. Charles Lindbergh on nature
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. Francis Bacon on nature
It is written on the arched sky it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature it is that which uplifts the spirit within us. John Ruskin on nature
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland on nature
Land really is the best art. Andy Warhol on nature
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. Ansel Adams on nature
Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. Langston Hughes on nature
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. John Burroughs on nature
Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself. Annie Leibovitz on nature
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. Gustave Flaubert on nature
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. Doug Larson on nature
Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. Carl Sandburg on nature