Inspirational Nature Quotes:

Inspirational Nature Quotes:

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." – Lao Tzu
"The beauty of the natural world lies in the details." – Natalie Angier
"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful." – Alice Walker
"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." – Henry David Thoreau
"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles." – Mary Davis
"There is no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you will find a better connection." – Unknown
"The Earth laughs in flowers." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Land really is the best art." – Andy Warhol
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The poetry of the earth is never dead." – John Keats
"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment." – Jane Austen
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." – Gary Snyder
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." – John Muir
"Every sunset is an opportunity to reset." – Richie Norton
"Nature is the art of God." – Dante Alighieri
"Colors are the smiles of nature." – Leigh Hunt
"Keep close to nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." – John Muir
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own." – Charles Dickens
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nature itself is the best physician." – Hippocrates

Philosophical Nature Quotes:

"Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction." – E. O. Wilson
"In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The earth is what we all have in common." – Wendell Berry
"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts." – William Hazlitt
"The goal of life is living in agreement with nature." – Zeno
"Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter." – John Muir
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." – Albert Einstein
"The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can’t." – Christopher Paolini
"Nature does not deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves." – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Nature abhors a vacuum." – Aristotle
"The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful." – E. E. Cummings
"Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard." – Standing Bear
"Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure." – Patch Adams
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." – William Shakespeare
"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself." – William Blake
"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth." – Henry David Thoreau
"The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration." – Claude Monet
"The earth has its music for those who will listen." – Reginald Vincent Holmes
"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature." – Gerard De Nerval

Romantic Nature Quotes:

"The Earth has music for those who listen." – George Santayana
"I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are." – Anonymous
"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." – William Wordsworth
"If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human." – Maggie Stiefvater
"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy." – Henry Ward Beecher
"My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We’ll lock them up together, And throw away the key." – Frederick Saunders
"The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain." – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug." – Helen Keller
"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." – John Muir
"The sky is the daily bread of the eyes." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand." – Henry David Thoreau
"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people." – Anonymous
"Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees." – John Muir
"The forest makes your heart gentle. You become one with it. No place for greed or anger there." – Pha Pachak
"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous." – Aristotle
"The call of the wild is a palpable feeling, an unspoken yearning for the serenity found only in nature’s embrace." – Anonymous
"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?" – Oscar Wilde
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore." – Lord Byron
"Time spent amongst trees is never time wasted." – Katrina Mayer
"Nature whispers, but you have to listen to hear its secrets." – Anonymous

Environmental and Conservation Quotes:

"The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share." – Lady Bird Johnson
"We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment." – Margaret Mead
"The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved." – Richard Rogers
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Air, water, and soil are the vital nourishers of life." – Albert Einstein
"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." – Robert Swan
"To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed." – Theodore Roosevelt
"One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken." – Leo Tolstoy
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." – Mahatma Gandhi
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." – Margaret Mead
"What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." – Mahatma Gandhi
"The good man is the friend of all living things." – Mahatma Gandhi
"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." – Native American Proverb
"It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live." – Dalai Lama
"Until a man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge." – Thomas Edison
"The land must be clear before we can build. But we've got to restore the land too." – F. D. Roosevelt
"A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children." – John James Audubon
"We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to." – Terry Swearingen
"Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men." – Gifford Pinchot
"Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." – Albert Einstein
"He that plants trees loves others besides himself." – Thomas Fuller

Spiritual and Religious Nature Quotes:

"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." – John Muir
"God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars." – Martin Luther
"Nature is the art of God." – Dante Alighieri
"Whoever does not love the trees is an enemy of God and his fellow man." – Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks." – John Muir
"The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble." – Blaise Pascal
"The World is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil." – Gerard Manley Hopkins
"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." – Henry David Thoreau
"The poetry of the earth is never dead." – John Keats
"Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand." – Henry David Thoreau
"Earth's crammed with heaven... But only he who sees, takes off his shoes." – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia." – Charles Lindbergh
"Nature is the symbol of the spirit." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves." – Buddha
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." – John Muir
"Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God." – William Cowper
"When you leave a beautiful place, you carry it with you wherever you go." – Alexandra Stoddard
"Time spent in nature is time realizing you don't know it all and that you never will." – Anonymous
"Going to the mountains is going home." – John Muir

Mindfulness and Meditation Quotes:

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The sound of a gentle stream can wash away all your worries, if only you take the time to listen." – Anonymous
"When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps." – John Lennon
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own." – Charles Dickens
"Solitude in nature is the best contemplation." – Anonymous
"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear." – Rumi
"Breathe in the fresh air, put your mind at ease. Let down your hair, bathe in the peace." – Anonymous
"Time spent in nature heals your mind, body, and soul." – Anonymous
"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter." – Rachel Carson
"Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude." – Louie Schwartzberg
"Find the peace and quiet of nature and you'll find the peace and quiet in your soul." – Anonymous
"Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy." – Isaac Newton
"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." – Hans Christian Andersen
"The best meditation is being part of nature." – Anonymous
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." – Albert Einstein
"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous." – Aristotle
"Nature is an ancient forest full of magic and mystery, and if we allow ourselves the time to explore, we can find the most incredible treasures." – Anonymous
"Take a quiet walk with mother nature. It will nurture your mind, body, and soul." – Anthony Douglas Williams
"The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human." – Victor Hugo
"Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she achieves her work." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seasonal Nature Quotes:

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." – Albert Camus
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." – Albert Camus
"Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’" – Robin Williams
"Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." – Henry James
"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold." – Aristotle
"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all." – Stanley Horowitz
"The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?" – J. B. Priestley
"Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm." – John Muir
"The summer night is like a perfection of thought." – Wallace Stevens
"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it; the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show." – Andrew Wyeth
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." – George Eliot
"The morning of the first snowfall is a magical event, leaving the world blanketed in silence and beauty." – Anonymous
"Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is." – Jessica Harrelson
"Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability." – Sam Keen
"Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour." – John Boswell
"The hum of bees is the voice of the garden." – Elizabeth Lawrence
"When all the world appears to be in tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm." – Madeleine M. Kunin
"One swallow does not make a summer." – Aristotle
"Snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood." – Andy Goldsworthy
"As the leaves change color and fall, we are reminded of the beauty of letting go." – Anonymous

Adventure and Exploration Quotes:

"The mountains are calling and I must go." – John Muir
"Jobs fill your pockets, but adventures fill your soul." – Jaime Lyn
"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." – John Muir
"There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing." – Sir Rannulph Fiennes
"Not all those who wander are lost." – J.R.R. Tolkien
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." – Gary Snyder
"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit." – Edward Abbey
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." – Lao Tzu
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings." – John Muir
"Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit." – Frank Borman
"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks." – John Muir
"It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." – Sir Edmund Hillary
"To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles." – Mary Davis
"The best view comes after the hardest climb." – Anonymous
"Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations." – Oliver Goldsmith
"A walk in nature walks the soul back home." – Mary Davis
"It feels good to be lost in the right direction." – Anonymous
"Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion." – Lorraine Anderson
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view." – Edward Abbey

Scientific and Observational Quotes:

"The universe is wider than our views of it." – Henry David Thoreau
"Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you." – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
"Nature composes some of her loveliest poems for the microscope and the telescope." – Theodore Roszak
"To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals." – Mikhail Gorbachev
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." – Carl Sagan
"Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere." – Blaise Pascal
"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions." – Claude Lévi-Strauss
"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain." – Henry David Thoreau
"What would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness? Let them be left. O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet." – Gerard Manley Hopkins
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." – Frank Lloyd Wright
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence." – Albert Einstein
"If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently." – Bill Watterson
"Every dewdrop and raindrop had a whole heaven within it." – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"All nature is but art unknown to thee." – Alexander Pope
"We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us." – Albert Einstein
"The goal of life is living in agreement with nature." – Zeno of Citium
"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." – Frank Lloyd Wright
"Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she achieves her work." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The deeper the journey into nature, the lesser the fear of the unknown." – Anonymous
"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty." – John Ruskin

Humorous Nature Quotes:

"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"There's no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you'll find a better connection." – Anonymous
"Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world." – Anonymous
"Why do they call it 'rush hour' when nothing moves?" – Robin Williams
"Take only pictures; leave only footprints; kill nothing but time." – Anonymous
"I find myself becoming increasingly nostalgic for the aspect of another planet, living through the works of grass, tree, wind, and light." – J.D. Salinger
"Nature is so smart, it put the medicine inside the food." – Anonymous
"The Earth laughs in flowers." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It's impossible to walk in the woods and be in a bad mood at the same time." – Anonymous
"Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees." – J. Willard Marriott
"How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?" – Charles de Gaulle
"The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive." – Coco Chanel
"Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness, I am sure to be filled." – Henry David Thoreau
"The sun, with all those plants revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do." – Galileo Galilei
"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." – Walt Whitman
"A weed is but an unloved flower." – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." – Henry David Thoreau
"Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it." – Andy Rooney
"Nature is cheaper than therapy." – Anonymous
"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken." – James Dent

Cultural and Literary Quotes:

"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment." – Jane Austen
"There are always flowers for those who want to see them." – Henri Matisse
"In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The poetry of the earth is never dead." – John Keats
"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." – Frank Lloyd Wright
"I am in love with the green earth." – Charles Lamb
"A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human being." – Georges Rouault
"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere." – Vincent Van Gogh
"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." – Gary Snyder
"Nature itself is the best physician." – Hippocrates
"For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it." – Jacques-Yves Cousteau
"Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." – John Muir
"And the sun took a step back, the leaves lulled themselves to sleep, and autumn was awakened." – Raquel Franco
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." – William Shakespeare
"All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child." – Marie Curie
"What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!" – Logan Pearsall Smith
"The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful." – E. E. Cummings
"Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere." – Blaise Pascal
"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." – Khalil Gibran
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." – Rachel Carson