“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.”
Attributed to Kahlil Gibran
WaterWisdom
Nature Quotes
135 FAMOUS QUOTES · NATURE
Nature Quotes
Read 200 of the best nature quotes from Lao Tzu, the Atharva Veda, Rabindranath Tagore, Wordsworth, Thoreau and John Muir, on trees, mountains, the sea, seasons and caring for our planet.
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”
Vincent van Gogh
CourageSea
“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky.”
John Masefield
SeaLonging
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
Jacques Cousteau
SeaWonder
“The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.”
The Bible (Psalm 93:4)
WavesFaith
“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.”
The Bible (Ecclesiastes 1:7)
RiversCycles
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
Heraclitus
RiversChange
“The river is everywhere at once.”
Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
RiversPresent Moment
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”
Norman Maclean
RiversUnity
“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.”
Leonardo da Vinci
RiversPresent Moment
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
Attributed to Audrey Hepburn
GardensHope
“I must have flowers, always, and always.”
Claude Monet
FlowersPassion
“My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece.”
Claude Monet
GardensArt
“Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”
Georgia O'Keeffe
FlowersMindfulness
“Just living is not enough; one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
Hans Christian Andersen
FlowersSimple Joys
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”
Attributed to Buddha
FlowersWonder
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”
Luther Burbank
FlowersHealing
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”
Lady Bird Johnson
FlowersHope
“The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.”
Rabindranath Tagore
FlowersSelf Worth
“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”
Rabindranath Tagore
FlowersBeauty
“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.”
Thomas Jefferson
GardeningJoy
“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
Francis Bacon
GardensFaith
“Gardens are not made by singing "Oh, how beautiful," and sitting in the shade.”
Rudyard Kipling
GardeningHard Work
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
PlantsPerspective
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
Albert Camus
AutumnBeauty