Category Archives: nature quotes

George Washington Carver Quote

“Nothing is more beautiful than  the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.”  George Washington Carver 

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Henry David Thoreau Quote

“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 … Continue reading

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Anonymous Nature Quote

“Be a gentle friend to trees  and they will give you back beauty,  cool and fragrant shade,  and many birds, singing.”  Anonymous

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John Muir Quote

“The mountains are calling and I must go.”  John Muir

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Alice Walker Quote

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.  Trees can be contorted,  bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”  Alice Walker

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King Solomon Hearn Quote

“The poetry of the earth is eternal.”  King Solomon Hearn

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Percy Bysshe Shelley Quote

“The sunlight claps the earth,  and the moonbeams kiss the sea:  what are all these kissings worth,  if thou kiss not me?”  Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Andy Warhol Quote

“I think having land  and not ruining it is  the most beautiful art that  anybody could ever want.”  Andy Warhol 

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Blaise Pascal Quote

“Beauty is a harmonious relation between  something in our nature and  the quality of the object which delights us.”  Blaise Pascal 

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John Lubbock Quote

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers,  the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters,  and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.”  John Lubbock

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