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Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun, and if the sun don't come, we'll be standing in the English rain.
- John Lennon
How can I live without thee, how forego Thy sweet converse, and love so dearly joined, To live again in these wild woods forlorn? Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart; no, no, I feel The link of nature draw me: flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
- John Milton
Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most? That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain? That the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain?
- John Milton
We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
- Jimmy Carter
Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.
- Ronald Reagan
We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.
- Leonardo DiCaprio
We are told that when Jehovah created the world he saw that it was good what would he say now
- George Bernard Shaw
Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.
- Napoleon Hill
Who could believe in the prophecies ... that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds.
- Henry David Thoreau
Do not look for a miracle, because you will not find it. You will find only the eternal laws of nature. These laws are available to every person who has the faith and the courage to use them.
- Napoleon Hill
Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.
- William Wordsworth