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.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhat the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
Copy Quote View & ShareEven with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we're still at the mercy of nature.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe 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.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.
Copy Quote View & ShareTo sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Copy Quote View & ShareI decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Copy Quote View & ShareI would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
Copy Quote View & ShareAnd the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.
Copy Quote View & ShareNature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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