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" To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. "

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" Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant. "

Gustave Flaubert

" By nature, I'm an awkward person; I'm a gangly introvert. "

" I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon. "

" Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. "

" Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness. "

Benjamin Disraeli

" Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature. "

" The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer. "

" Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. "

Alexander Smith

" Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. "

" The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature, evil by nature. Every man is divine and strong in his real nature. What are weak and evil are his habits, his desires and thoughts, but not himself. "

Ramana Maharshi

" We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step. "

" Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. "

" Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. "

Arthur C. Clarke

" We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous. "

" Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. "

" Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

" Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom. "

William Bartram

" A national park is not a playground. It's a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on nature's own terms. "

" There is no limit to suffering human beings have been willing to inflict on others, no matter how innocent, no matter how young, and no matter how old. This fact must lead all reasonable human beings, that is, all human beings who take evidence seriously, to draw only one possible conclusion: Human nature is not basically good. "

" If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently. "

" Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. "

" Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind. "

" Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality. "

Andy Goldsworthy

" Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of letting in only as much as we can handle. "

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

" Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. "

Langston Hughes

" To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature. "

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

" Twilight - a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not. "

" Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. "

Henry David Thoreau

" Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature. "

Michael Faraday