Quotes about Nature

He fell to the seat, she by his side. There no more words. The stars were beginning to shine. How was it that their lips met? How is it that the birds sing, the the snow melts, that the rose opens, that May blooms, that the dawn whitens behind the black trees on the shivering summit of the hills?

It is on December nights, with the thermometer at zero, that we most think of the sun.

No man was created good by God, nor can be made entirely bad by man.

I am not enthusiastic over your Jesus, who preaches renunciation and sacrifice to the last extremity. 'Tis the counsel of an avaricious man to beggars. Renunciation; why? Sacrifice; to what end? I do not see one wolf immolating himself for the happiness of another wolf. Let us stick to nature, then.

All the birds that fly hold the thread of infinity in their claws. Germination

His only theatre is the free show that god provides, the sky and the stars, flowers and children, mankind who's sufferings he shares and the created world in which he is trying his wings

The most ferocious creatures are disarmed by caresses bestowed on their young.

Never, even among animals, does the creature born to be a dove change into an osprey. That is only to be seen among men.

The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young

God will reward you, he said. You must be an angel since you care for flowers. I'm no angel, she replied. I'm the devil, but it's all the same to me.

What more do you need? A little garden to walk in, and immensity to reflect on. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate on; a few flowers on earth and all the stars in heaven.

It is sometimes no less startling to meet the dog than the wolf