“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi
AnimalsCompassion
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.
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
Albert Schweitzer
CompassionPeace
“Nature does nothing in vain.”
Aristotle
PurposeShort Quotes
“Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.”
Victor Hugo
BirdsCourage
“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.”
The Bible (Matthew 6:26)
BirdsTrust
“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”
Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book)
WolvesTeamwork
“Animals are such agreeable friends; they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
George Eliot
AnimalsFriendship
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”
The Bible (Proverbs 6:6)
AntsHard Work
“They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time.”
Henry Beston
AnimalsRespect
“'Hope' is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”
Emily Dickinson
BirdsHope
“Man follows the earth. Earth follows heaven. Heaven follows the Tao. The Tao follows what is natural.”
Lao Tzu
HarmonyTao
“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.”
Attributed to Zhuangzi
FreedomAcceptance
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.”
John Muir
PeaceMountains
“We need the tonic of wildness.”
Henry David Thoreau
WildernessRenewal
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.”
Anne Frank
HealingComfort
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
Kahlil Gibran
EarthJoy
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
Attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright
LoveTrust
“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature: the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
Rachel Carson
HealingHope
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.”
George Washington Carver
FaithListening
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
MindfulnessWalking
“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Present MomentWonder
“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
WalkingIdeas
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Henry David Thoreau
Morning WalkBlessings
“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness.”
Søren Kierkegaard
WalkingWellbeing
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
TravelAdventure