Quotes about Nature
The superfluous blossoms on a fruit tree are meant to symbolize the large way God loves to do pleasant things.
— Henry Ward Beecher
In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.
— Henry David Thoreau
There's a group of 12 oak trees on my property in California that I call 'my disciples.' Their branches form a canopy over the ground, and I sit underneath them for inspiration.
— Oprah Winfrey
A tree forms itself in answer to its place and the light. Explain it how you will, the only thing explainable will be your explanation." Sabbaths 1999 IV
— Wendell Berry
Go on, fair Science; soon to thee Shall Nature yield her idle boast; Her vulgar lingers formed a tree, But thou hast trained it to a post.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Trees generously share their fruit.Bees generously share their honey.Flowers generously share their perfume. Do likewise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree dances for the wind not because it enjoys it, but because it doesn't want to break.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A tree depicts divinest plan But God himself lives in a man.
— Anonymous
Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in Divine power-these are the true remedies.
— Ellen White
We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.
— Samuel Johnson
Poor fish of Rodondo! in your victimized confidence, you are of the number of those who inconsiderately trust, while they do not understand, human nature.
— Herman Melville