“Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.”
Nature does not need us, but we desperately need it. These quotes celebrate the natural world — forests, oceans, mountains, seasons — and the perspective that comes from spending time in places where human concerns feel very small.
“Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.”
“Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.”
“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.”
“Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.”
“The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.”
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
“I don't understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It's a pretty gross interference with nature.”
“Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.”
“I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It's not in my nature.”
“I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.”
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
“Human nature is not of itself vicious.”
“For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!”
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
“Ninety percent of the students take the 'preferred lender.' Why? Because that's the nature of the relationship. You trust the school. The school is in a position of authority.”
“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.”