Quotes by Nature Nature does not compromise; a pelican is not a compromise between a crow and otter, it is just a pelican. Nature makes no compromises; any inefficient products are recalled to the manufacturer! Amory Lovins otters crow nature Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon; of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars; actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll. Amos Bronson Alcott ocean stars nature Nature is thought immersed in matter. . . Amos Bronson Alcott nature matter If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. Anatole France nature journey beautiful Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. Anatole France nature principles evil Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. Anatole France nature inspiring inspirational It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. Anatole France nature life believe The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature. Anatole France nature men science Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. Andre Breton nature wise art The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling. Andre Gide trembling nature literature The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death. Andre Gide elements return nature We listen too much to the telephone and too little to nature. The wind is one of my sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing. Andre Kostelanetz lonely nature wind There's no such thing as a grown up person. Andre Malraux nature persons I love books the way I love nature. ... I can imagine now that a time will come, that it is almost upon us, when no one will love books ... It is no accident, I think, that books and nature (as we know it) may disappear simultaneously from human experience. There is no mind-body split. Andrea Dworkin nature book thinking The point to be grasped from the saintly tradition is that to love animals is not sentimentality (as we know it) but true spirituality. Of course there can be vain, self-seeking loving, but to go (sometimes literally) out of our way to help animals, to expend effort to secure their protection and to feel with them their suffering and to be moved by it-these are surely signs of spiritual greatness. Andrew Linzey nature spiritual animal Despite one or two minority appeals our society is not outraged at man's unremitting use of the animal world. Ecologists and environmentalists may talk of "ecological consciousness" or "environmental responsibility" but seldom, if ever, is this responsibility articulated towards other non-human species in particular. Andrew Linzey nature responsibility men In God's eyes, all creatures have value whether we find them cuddly, affectionate, beautiful or otherwise. Our own perspective-in a way-is neither here nor there. Theology, at its best, can help to liberate us from our own anthropocentric limitations. Andrew Linzey nature eye beautiful We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves. Andy Goldsworthy separation connections nature There is life in a stone. Any stone that sits in a field or lies on a beach takes on the memory of that place. You can feel that stones have witnessed so many things. Andy Goldsworthy nature memories beach Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There's something very powerful about finding snow in summer. Andy Goldsworthy powerful nature summer «56789101112131415»