Quotes about Nature
The elms of New England! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Parthenon were the glory of its architecture.
— Henry Ward Beecher
And on the tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, sat like a cormorant.
— John Milton
This solitary Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.
— William Wordsworth
What if you have seen it before, ten thousand times over? An apple tree in full blossom is like a message, sent fresh from heaven to earth, of purity and beauty.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Each tree Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th' eye Tempting, stirr'd in me sudden appetite To pluck and eat.
— John Milton
The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.
— Henry Ward Beecher
In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.
— Henry David Thoreau
There's a group of 12 oak trees on my property in California that I call 'my disciples.' Their branches form a canopy over the ground, and I sit underneath them for inspiration.
— Oprah Winfrey
A tree forms itself in answer to its place and the light. Explain it how you will, the only thing explainable will be your explanation." Sabbaths 1999 IV
— Wendell Berry
Go on, fair Science; soon to thee Shall Nature yield her idle boast; Her vulgar lingers formed a tree, But thou hast trained it to a post.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn't want to break.
— Matshona Dhliwayo