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.
- “The earth has music for those who listen.” – Shakespeare
- “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” – Alice Walker
- “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
- “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
- “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
- “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” – John Keats
- “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs
- “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
- “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
- “Nature is the art of God.” – Dante Alighieri
- “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” – Claude Monet
- “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” – Rachel Carson
- “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The forest makes your heart gentle. You become one with it… No place for greed or anger there.” – Pha Pachak
- “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” – Native American proverb
- “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
- “The earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry
- “He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
- “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African proverb
- “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “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
- “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley
- “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” – Heraclitus
- “Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” – Gary Snyder
- “The earth has its music for those who will listen.” – George Santayana
- “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “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
- “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henri Matisse
- “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they are still beautiful.” – Alice Walker
- “We need the tonic of wildness.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats
- “The earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry
- “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
- “The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
- “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
- “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
- “We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.” – William Hazlitt
- “The earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” – William Shakespeare
- “I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “Nature is the art of God.” – Dante Alighieri
- “The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir
- “The earth has its music for those who will listen.” – George Santayana
- “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” – John Keats
- “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
- “The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” – e.e. cummings
- “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” – Claude Monet
- “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs
- “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
- “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
- “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” – Rachel Carson
- “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
- “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
- “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
- “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
- “The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” – Jane Austen
- “The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” – Natalie Angier
- “I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
- “The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.” – Albert Einstein
- “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
- “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
- “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
- “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
- “Nature is the art of God.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “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
- “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Vincent Van Gogh
- “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” – Rabindranath Tagore
- “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” – Rachel Carson
- “Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye…it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.” – Edvard Munch
- “Nature is the art of God.” – Thomas Browne
- “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
- “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
- “Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” – Anonymous
- “The earth is a giant canvas, and nature provides the paint.” – Louie Schwartzberg
- “The natural world is a gift that we are privileged to enjoy, share, and protect.” – Anonymous
- “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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