Nature Quotes

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.

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“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

— William James

More Nature Quotes

“Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.”

— Gertrude Stein

“Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements.”

— Christy Turlington

“Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.”

— Xun Zi

“I have a bit of a rebellious nature.”

— John Cusack

“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”

— Khalil Gibran

“It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. We will go where the internal drive carries us like everybody else. It is up to the individual.”

— Zora Neale Hurston

“Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?”

— Herman Melville

“Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.”

— Honore de Balzac

“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“God created the world the laws of nature were created by God. True science tries to find out what God put in the world. The trouble is where scientists speculate about theology and they don't know what they're talking about because they weren't there. They can't speculate about the origins of life because they weren't there.”

— Pat Robertson

“To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.”

— Charles Dickens

“The fans know what's happened to me over the past couple of years. I lost my family. I pretty much got devastated financially and the fans know that I've had some hard times - and that's the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and believe in get back on their feet.”

— Hulk Hogan

“England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.”

— E. M. Forster

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