“The sea and the sky- how strange that somewhere they can exist apart.”— Mikhail Shishkin, amazon.com
“We must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its own way, establishing its own identity, insisting on it at all cost, against all resistance.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”— Khalil Gibran, amazon.com
“When I’m in nature, everything falls into place. I’m just one tiny piece of a big jigsaw puzzle and I like that.”— Bjork, twitter.com
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”— Albert Einstein, goodreads.com
“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human - in not having to be just happy or just sad - in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.”— C. Joybell C., amazon.com
“In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“I can no longer be a house on fire, hoping that something will douse out my flame. I must be a forest flourishing.”— Erin McDonald, amazon.com
“What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.”— Werner Heisenberg, en.wikiquote.org
“To be naked in the Earth / art / does not mean a body owes you anything / except itself as it is / as it moves through the Earth / art / flinching or free. Strong as violets / strong as life.”— Carrie Lorig, entropymag.org
“And all the winds blew kisses and caressed me. / And all the forests toppled down within me. / And all the rivers ran into my soul.”— Gertrud Kolmar, amazon.com
“Even five minutes around trees or in green spaces may improve health. Think of it as a prescription with no negative side effects that's also free.”— NYS State: Department of Environmental Conservation, dec.ny.gov
“Spending time in nature, looking at plants, water, birds and other aspects of nature gives the cognitive portion of our brain a break, allowing us to focus better and renew our ability to be patient.”— NYS State: Department of Environmental Conservation, dec.ny.gov