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20 Nature Quotes That Will Make You Appreciate the Outdoors

Nature is a source of inspiration for many, and throughout history, people have found beauty, wisdom, and insight in its wonders. Nature quotes, in particular, have a way of capturing the essence of our relationship with the natural world. Whether through poetry, prose, or philosophy, these quotes r

Nature Quotes That Will Make You Appreciate the Outdoors
  • "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." – Lao Tzu
  • "In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks." – John Muir
  • "The earth has music for those who listen." – William Shakespeare
  • "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." – John Muir
  • "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." – Albert Einstein
  • "Nature is not a place to visit. It is home." – Gary Snyder
  • "I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." – John Burroughs
  • "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "The poetry of the earth is never dead." – John Keats
  • "Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy." – Isaac Newton
  • "The earth laughs in flowers." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." – Frank Lloyd Wright
  • "Nature is the art of God." – Dante Alighieri
  • "The silence of nature is very real. It surrounds you, you can feel it." – Ted Trueblood
  • "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." – Native American Proverb
  • "The beauty of the natural world lies in the details." – Natalie Angier
  • "Nature teaches more than she preaches." – John Burroughs
  • "The earth is what we all have in common." – Wendell Berry
  • "In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect." – Alice Walker
  • "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." – Mahatma Gandhi
  • "The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration." – Claude Monet
  • "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." – Henry David Thoreau
  • "The goal of life is living in agreement with nature." – Zeno of Citium
  • "The mountains are calling and I must go." – John Muir
  • "Nature does not ask for your attention, it commands it." – Anonymous
  • "Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit." – Edward Abbey
  • "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." – Rachel Carson
  • "There are always flowers for those who want to see them." – Henri Matisse
  • "Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction." – E. O. Wilson
  • "We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us." – Albert Einstein
  • "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings." – John Muir
  • "The ocean is everything I want to be. Beautiful, mysterious, wild, and free." – Anonymous
  • "A walk in nature walks the soul back home." – Anonymous
  • "Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees." – John Muir
  • "Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience." – Leonardo da Vinci
  • "The antidote to exhaustion isn’t rest. It’s nature." – Shikoba
  • "Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises." – Pedro Calderon de la Barca
  • "And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." – Anonymous
  • "The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain." – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • "Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." – William Wordsworth
  • "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." – William Shakespeare
  • "There’s no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you’ll find a better connection." – Anonymous
  • "The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth." – Chief Seattle
  • "Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more." – Vincent Van Gogh
  • "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." – Khalil Gibran
  • "The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man." – Anonymous
  • "Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty." – John Ruskin
  • "I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is what it is to be happy.'" – Sylvia Plath
  • "The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside." – Anne Frank
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