Ralph Waldo Emerson

"When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

E. F. Schumacher

"Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes." - E. F. Schumacher

Antoine Lavoisier

"Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion." - Antoine Lavoisier

Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Freya Stark

"Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature." - Freya Stark

Voltaire

"The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error." - Voltaire

William Wordsworth

"Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth