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How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!
Sep 29, 2025
A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.
To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
Environmentalists and secular humanists insist that humans will destroy the planet. Corporate capitalists and many religious fundamentalists have no regard for wildlife and nature. Ultimately, this dualistic battle is based on false premises. In fact, this planet is more powerful than the human species.
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
What a country chooses to save is what a country chooses to say about itself.
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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.
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.
Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand.
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.
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