Quotes about Nature
Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
There's something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There's something very...there's safety in that.
— Nicole Kidman
Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.
— Dante Alighieri
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
— James Allen
If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence there.
— St. Basil
The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.
— William Wordsworth
The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my career. In my private life, I am quiet and reflective by nature.
— Muhammad Ali
However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature.
— John Polkinghorne
'Tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes!
— William Wordsworth
Nature has created us with the capacity to know God, to experience God.
— Alice Walker
Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.
— Marcus Aurelius
Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.
— Alexander Hamilton