Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out read more

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can read more

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.

No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is read more

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

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.

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.