314 Beautiful, Inspiring Quotes About the Beauty of Nature

Nature rejuvenates so quickly, so completely. Though we often view ourselves otherwise, we are nature.

Nature is cheaper than therapy.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

Leave the road, take the trails.

The mountains are calling and I must go.

The earth laughs in flowers.

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.

If there is one thing clear about the centuries dominated by the factory and the wheel, it is that although the machine can make everything from a spoon to a landing-craft, a natural joy in earthly living is something it never has and never will be able to manufacture.

Nature moves towards balance.

All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world -- not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind.

We feel the pull of nature very strongly, relating -- even unknowingly -- feeling in ourselves to bulbs being stirred in frozen ground, or to the branches of dead trees. Perhaps this indivisibility from nature is an important thing to recognize as we go about our business in the world.

I think ultimately, bringing more nature back into the city is a way to deal with urban sprawl and things like that. If the cities feel a little more natural, people like to live there more rather than moving out and dividing up another piece of land that shouldn't be touched.

The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards beauty.

Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it... Eliminate one species, and another increases to take its place. Eliminate a great many species, and the local ecosystem starts to decay.

Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm of passion, and soften the heart when shaken by sorrow to its inmost depths.

Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves.

In nature there are few sharp lines.

To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth.

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

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.

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

Sympathy with nature is part of a good person's religion.

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.

When mankind pushes, nature sometimes pushes back.

Nature knows best.

Humans have occupied a position in nature that they should not. It is impossible for humans to conquer nature.

We cannot command nature except by obeying her.

Nature is not apart from us, nature is us.

Nature is the ultimate design. All the colors, textures, shapes, and inspiration are waiting for us to discover. I can think of no greater joy than this journey of discovery.

Somewhere I belong! A small house amidst nature it will be!

Nature nurtures us. We are because nature is...let us care for nature.

There is a way of beholding nature that is itself a form of prayer.

May the Sun Bring you new energy by day
May the Moon Softly restore you by night
May the rain Wash away your worries
May the breeze Blow new Strengh into your Being
May you walk gently through the World and know it's Beauty all the days of your life.

Nature hath no goal, though she hath law.

We are separate from nature or life only in our minds.

When you nurture Nature, Nature nurtures you.

We are all equal in the face of nature.

The wonders of nature are endless.

There's an interdependence between flowers and bees. Where there are no flowers there are no bees, and where there are no bees, there are no flowers. They are really one organism. And so in the same way, everything in nature depends on everything else.

Mother Nature is a self-taught engineer.

Mother Nature made continents. Human beings made countries.

When Mother Nature speaks, even the Gods hold silence.

I say stick with Mother Nature as much as possible.

The only engine big enough to impact Mother Nature is Father Greed.

Mother Nature does not do bailouts.

I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked to the cosmos. So nature is my god. To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. Being at one with nature.

Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

Nature is pleased with simplicity.

If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.

Trees're always a relief, after people.

In the woods we return to reason and faith.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

If winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day.

The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.

All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.

Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.

We share the earth not only with our fellow human beings, but with all the other creatures.

There is a great need for the introduction of new values in our society, where bigger is not necessarily better, where slower can be faster, and where less can be more.

A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.

It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still here.

The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.

It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life itself.

Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.

One of these days I will explore this forest. But then again I may not, for there are places which people should leave alone.

We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.

Earth was created for all of us, not some of us.

The most tangible of all visible mysteries -- fire.

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.

The stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.

Even for a tree of 10000 feet, it's leaves return to the root when they fall.

A flower you plant may not necessarily bloom; but the seed of a tree you happen to drop may grow into a forest.

Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.

Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.

Our forests are literally the lungs for the planet.

The day I see a leaf is a marvel of a day.

Water is the driving force in nature.

Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective once in a while, and you'll find it there.

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.

The stars awaken a certain reverence because though always present they are inaccessible.

This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.

There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.

The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me.

A nobler want of man is served by nature, namely, the love of beauty.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.

Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.

Our downfall as a species is that we are arrogant enough to think that we can control Mother Nature and stupid enough to think it is our job.

Mother Nature presents neither a wrinkled face nor tottering form, but constantly renews the bloom of her youth, while time fills up the volumes of her history.

As a scientist, I believe that nature is a perfect structure, seen from the standpoint of reason and logical analysis.

Sometimes Mother Nature has the answers when you do not even know the questions.

To me, Mother Nature isn't nearly as scary as human nature.

He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.

If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living.

The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.

To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.