“He was, of course, a piece of the sky. His eyes said so. This is not a fact; this is the other part of knowing something, when there is no proof, but neither is there any way toward disbelief. Imagine lifting the lid from a jar and finding it filled not with darkness but with light. Bird was like th…”— Mary Oliver, amazon.com
“Over and over in the butterfly we see the idea of transcendence. In the forest we see not the inert but the aspiring. In water that departs forever and forever returns, we experience eternity.”— Mary Oliver, amazon.com
“Get up and watch the sunrise. Stay for the sunset too. It'll feel closely intimate when you realize you spent the whole day with each other.”— Laura, holidappy.com
“I laugh with the sun, I drift away with the wind, I tease the ocean: high sea is the only thing I love. My feet are the most beautiful thing I’ve seen, I wash them continually with water and its foam.”— Edith Södergran, amazon.com
“One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.”— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, amazon.com
“It's natural to die. The fact that we make such a big hullabaloo over it is all because we don’t see ourselves as apart of nature. We think because we’re human we’re something above nature… We’re not.”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com
“I wonder if rain is scared of falling if it has trouble letting go if snow flakes get sick of being perfect all the time each one trying to be one-of-a-kind.”— Naima Penniman, amazon.com
“We now have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live, but have not yet developed the ability to escape it.”— Stephen Hawking, theguardian.com
“Explore your spirituality. Maybe that means your religion, or maybe just your human connection with nature. Let yourself meditate on the condition of the world.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Spend more time in nature. Humans were not made to be cooped up inside all day. Spending time in nature makes you happier, it boosts your immune system, and it even makes you more creative.”— Marelisa, daringtolivefully.com
“It’s pointless for a human to paint scenes of nature when they can go outside and stand in it.”— Norm Hiscock, Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman, imdb.com
“I was unable to get out of the car at Heaven’s Peak, because the sublime was frightening.”— Prageeta Sharma, academyofamericanpoets.cmail19.com
“Moon marked and touched by sun my magic is unwritten but when the sea turns back it will leave my shape behind. I seek no favor untouched by blood unrelenting as the curse of love permanent as my errors or my pride I do not mix love with pity nor hate with scorn and if you would know me look into th…”— Audrey Lorde, mudras.tumblr.com
“‘Nature is woman’s best friend,’ she often said. ‘If you’re having troubles, you just swim in the water, stretch out in a field, or look up at the stars. That’s how a woman cures her fears.’”— Fatema Mernissi, amazon.com
“Go outside and find something in nature – a flower, leaf, twig, grass blade, or anything that catches your eye. Is it perfect? Or does it have irregular edges, rough sides and blemishes here and there? Chances are that it is imperfect, yet it is still so amazing and complex. Nature is beautiful desp…”— Jennifer Gruenemay, lifescript.com
“Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, 'God, I love you' and looked to the sky and really meant it. 'I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other.' To the children and the innocent it's all the same.”— Jack Kerouac, amazon.com