Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.
Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There’s something very powerful about finding snow in summer.
Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them.
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.
I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Colors are the smiles of nature.
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.
My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.
For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature’s finest balm.
Nothing is given to man on earth – struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible – the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
Nature doesn’t need people – people need nature; nature would survive the extinction of the human being and go on just fine, but human culture, human beings, cannot survive without nature.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
