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    If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living

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I am a part of all you see
In Nature: part of all you feel:
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I am a part of all you see
In Nature: part of all you feel:
I am the impact of the bee
Upon the blossom; in the tree
I am the sap--that shall reveal
The leaf, the bloom--that flows and flutes
Up from the darkness through its roots.

by Madison Julius Cawein Found in: Nature Quotes,
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See one promontory (said Socrates of old) one mountain, one sea,
one river, and see all.

See one promontory (said Socrates of old) one mountain, one sea,
one river, and see all.

by Robert Burton Found in: Nature Quotes,
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A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

by Dogen Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.

Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.

by Ian Mcharg Found in: Nature Quotes,
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You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even read more

You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night.

by Denise Levertov Found in: Nature Quotes,
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I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may read more

I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.

by Adeline Knapp Found in: Nature Quotes,
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In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature is never finished.

Nature is never finished.

by Robert Smithson Found in: Nature Quotes,
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

by Matsuo Basho Found in: Nature Quotes,
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