Henry David Thoreau

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." - Henry David Thoreau

Jane Austen

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

Adlai E. Stevenson

"Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans." - Adlai E. Stevenson

H. P. Lovecraft

"Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent." - H. P. Lovecraft

Michael Pollan

"A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule." - Michael Pollan

Emily Carr

"Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises." - Emily Carr

Chen Shui-bian

"Even if one tree falls down it wouldn't affect the entire forest." - Chen Shui-bian

Luigi Pirandello

"Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels." - Luigi Pirandello

Josiah Gilbert Holland

"Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature." - Josiah Gilbert Holland

Henry David Thoreau

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." - Henry David Thoreau

Francis Bacon

"We cannot command Nature except by obeying her." - Francis Bacon

Hosea Ballou

"Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature." - Hosea Ballou

Thomas Carlyle

"The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better." - Thomas Carlyle

Lord Byron

"I love not man the less, but Nature more." - Lord Byron

James Lovelock

"Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest." - James Lovelock

Francois Rabelais

"If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks." - Francois Rabelais

William Wordsworth

"The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly." - William Wordsworth

Emile M. Cioran

"What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?" - Emile M. Cioran

Rabindranath Tagore

"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven." - Rabindranath Tagore

Ugo Betti

"There is no forgiveness in nature." - Ugo Betti

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

"A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee." - Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Guillaume Apollinaire

"Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony." - Guillaume Apollinaire

Margaret Fuller

"Nature provides exceptions to every rule." - Margaret Fuller