100 Quotes to Inspire Your Love for Nature

As human beings, we have a deep and fundamental connection with nature. It is the source of our sustenance, our inspiration, and our solace. From the breathtaking vistas of mountains and oceans to the simple beauty of a blooming flower, nature has the power to uplift and transform us. To honor this connection, we have compiled a list of the 100 best quotes for nature, organized by number and presented below.

1. “The earth has music for those who listen.” – Shakespeare
2. “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” – Alice Walker
3. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
4. “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
5. “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
8. “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” – John Keats
9. “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs
10. “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
11. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
12. “Nature is the art of God.” – Dante Alighieri
13. “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” – Claude Monet
14. “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” – Rachel Carson
15. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
16. “The forest makes your heart gentle. You become one with it… No place for greed or anger there.” – Pha Pachak
17. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” – Native American proverb
18. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
19. “The earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry
20. “He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
21. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
22. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
23. “The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
24. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African proverb
25. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
26. “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall
27. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
28. “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley

29. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” – Heraclitus
30. “Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” – Gary Snyder
31. “The earth has its music for those who will listen.” – George Santayana
32. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
33. “There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” – Linda Hogan
34. “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henri Matisse
35. “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they are still beautiful.” – Alice Walker
36. “We need the tonic of wildness.” – Henry David Thoreau
37. “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats
38. “The earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry
39. “In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” – Baba Dioum
40. “The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
41. “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
42. “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
43. “The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” – Galileo Galilei
44. “We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.” – William Hazlitt
45. “The earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” – Ernest Hemingway
46. “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” – William Shakespeare
47. “I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” – Henry David Thoreau
48. “Nature is the art of God.” – Dante Alighieri
49. “The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir
50. “The earth has its music for those who will listen.” – George Santayana
51. “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” – John Keats
52. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
53. “The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” – e.e. cummings
54. “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” – Claude Monet
55. “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs
56. “Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.” – Leonardo da Vinci
57. “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature, and God.” – Anne Frank
58. “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” – Rachel Carson

59. “Keep close to nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir
60. “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
61. “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
62. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
63. “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
64. “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
65. “To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” – Jane Austen
66. “The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” – Natalie Angier
67. “I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
68. “The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.” – Albert Einstein
69. “I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.”” – Sylvia Plath
70. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
71. “The earth is a mosaic, and most fail to notice the gossamer tesserae floating down from the realm of the mind that form its images of beauty and horror.” – Loren Eiseley
72. “We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.” – Henry David Thoreau
73. “Nature is the art of God.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
74. “The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago…had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.” – Havelock Ellis
75. “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Vincent Van Gogh
76. “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” – Rabindranath Tagore
77. “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” – Rachel Carson
78. “Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye…it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.” – Edvard Munch
79. “Nature is the art of God.” – Thomas Browne
80. “The power of nature is such that it’s what all art strives to be. The more we look, the more we see.” – Garry Winogrand
81. “There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.” – Robert Lynd
82. “Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” – Anonymous
83. “The earth is a giant canvas, and nature provides the paint.” – Louie Schwartzberg
84. “The natural world is a gift that we are privileged to enjoy, share, and protect.” – Anonymous
85. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for poets, scientists, philosophers, and artists throughout history. From the majesty of mountains to the quiet beauty of a flower, nature has a way of captivating and inspiring us in ways that nothing else can. These 100 quotes about nature are a testament to the power and importance of our relationship with the natural world. They remind us to appreciate, respect, and protect the environment around us, and to find joy and wonder in the beauty of the natural world. So the next time you’re outside, take a moment to breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun on your face, and be grateful for the gift of nature.

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