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Nature Quotes

    “When our lives are always connected, being disconnected can be a relief.” ~ Leo Babauta, Zen Habits

      “I like to walk alone on country paths,
      rice plants and wild grasses on both sides,
      putting each foot down on the earth
      in mindfulness, knowing
      that I walk on the wondrous earth.
      In such moments, existence is a miraculous
      and mysterious reality.

      People usually consider walking on water
      or in thin air a miracle.
      But I think the real miracle
      is not to walk either on water or in thin air,
      but to walk on earth.
      Every day we are engaged in a miracle
      which we don’t even recognize:
      a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves,
      the black, curious eyes of a child–
      our own two eyes.
      All is a miracle.”

      ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

        “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” ~ Hal Borland

          “Mountains seem to answer an increasing imaginative need in the West. More and more people are discovering a desire for them, and a powerful solace in them. At bottom, mountains, like all wildernesses, challenge our complacent conviction – so easy to lapse into – that the world has been made for humans by humans. Most of us exist for most of the time in worlds which are humanly arranged, themed and controlled. One forgets that there are environments which do not respond to the flick of a switch or the twist of a dial, and which have their own rhythms and orders of existence. Mountains correct this amnesia. By speaking of greater forces than we can possibly invoke, and by confronting us with greater spans of time than we can possibly envisage, mountains refute our excessive trust in the man-made. They pose profound questions about our durability and the importance of our schemes. They induce, I suppose, a modesty in us.” ~ Robert Macfarlane, Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit

             “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 away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” ~ John Muir

              “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~ John Muir

                “We are children of the Earth…respect your mother.” ~ Ralph Smart, infinitewaters.net

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                    “Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” ~ Indian Proverb