The manuscript of nature is the true scripture.

— Unknown Source

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

— Unknown Source

Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.

— Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

— Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

— Robert Green Ingersoll, U.S. lawyer and orator, 1833-1899

Pick a flower on earth and you move the farthest star.

— Paul Dirac, English theoretical physicist, 1902-1984

Nature is not human-hearted.

— Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604-531 B.C.E.

After a debauch of thundershower, the weather takes the pledge and signs it with a rainbow.

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich, U.S. writer, poet, critic, and long-term editor of The Atlantic Monthly, 1836-1907

The unnatural – that too is natural.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher, 1749-1832

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments – there are consequences.

— Roger G. Ingersoll, U.S. writer and orator in defense of agnosticism, 1833-1899

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

— Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626

The soil, in return for her service, keeps the tree tied to her; the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.

— Rabindranath Tagore, a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941

Grass is the forgiveness of nature – her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal.

— Brian Ingalls

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

— Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881

When a man wantonly destroys a work of man we call him a vandal; when a man destroys one of the works of God, we call him a sportsman.

— Joseph Wood Krutch, writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

— Walt Whitman, U.S. essayist, journalist,and poet, known as the Father of Free Verse, 1819-1992

If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn.

— Bernie S. Siegel, U.S. writer and retired pediatric surgeon, Born 1932

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, U.S. physician, comedian, activist, and author, Born 1945

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.

— Richard Feynman, U.S. theoretical physicist, 1918-1988

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882

Earth laughs in flowers.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882

Everything in nature acts in conformity with law.

— Immanuel Kant, German philosopher views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, 1724-1804
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