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• In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

  Charles Lindbergh

  Nature, Accomplishment, Miracle

  "The Wisdom of Wilderness". Life magazine, December 22, 1967.

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• I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

  Walt Whitman

  Nature, Stars, Believe

  'Song of Myself' (1855) st. 31

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• Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Motivational, Easter

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• Life is not a game of Solitaire; people depend on one another. When one does well, others are lifted. When one stumbles, others also are impacted. There are no one-man teams—either by definition or natural law. Success is a cooperative effort; it’s dependent upon those who stand beside you.

  Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

  Team, Men, Games

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• Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

  Daryn Kagan

  War, People, Ordinary

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  The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Hope

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Carlyle (1841). “Essays”, p.4

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• Everybody needs beauty as well as bread.

  John Muir

  Beauty, Beautiful, Nature

  John Muir (2001). “The Yosemite”, p.177, Library of Alexandria

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  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Life, Change, Spiritual

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  Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Summer, Peace

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• I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Mean, Sleep

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private”, p.404

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• Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temperatures. The temperature increases bring crop-withering heat waves, more-destructive storms, more-intense droughts, more forest fires, and, of course, ice melting. We are crossing natural thresholds that we cannot see and violating deadlines that we do not recognize.

  Lester R. Brown

  Fall, Ice, Fire

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• I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

  Robert Redford

  Nature, Thinking, Earth Day

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• The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.

  David Attenborough

  Nature, Air, Water

  "David Attenborough: force of nature". Interview with Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2012.

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• An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Good Morning, Nature, Get Well Soon

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.107, BookBaby

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• Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

  H. G. Wells

  Change, Nature, Ability To Adapt

  HG Wells, Rudy Rucker, Colin Wilson (2013). “The Last Books of H.G. Wells: The Happy Turning: A Dream of Life & Mind at the End of its Tether”, p.54, Monkfish Book Publishing

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• The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.

  Claude Monet

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Claude Monet (1985). “Monet: a retrospective”

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• The death of rock was not a natural death. Rock did not die of old age. It was murdered.

  Gene Simmons

  Rocks, Age, Dies

  "Gene Simmons: 'Rock Is Finally Dead'". Interview with Nick Simmons, www.esquire.com. September 4, 2014.

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• Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

  Epicurus

  Philosophy, Real, Use

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• When it comes down to it, even on the natural plane, it is much happier and more enlivening to love than to be loved.

  Dorothy Day

  Planes

  Dorothy Day (2012). “All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day”, p.309, Image

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• The Natural Step is a clear voice in the commotion.

  Leif Johansson

  Voice, Steps, Clear

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• The basis of the spiritual path is the development in ourselves of what is truly balanced, natural, and meaningful.

  Tarthang Tulku

  Meaningful, Spiritual, Path

  Tarthang Tulku (1977). “Gesture of Balance: A Guide to Awareness, Self-healing, and Meditation”, Dharma Pub

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• Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.

  Randy Alcorn

  Light, Obvious Things, Giving

  Randy Alcorn (2011). “Money, Possessions, and Eternity”, p.461, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• The man takes a body that is not his, claims it, sows his so-called seed, reaps a harvest - he colonizes a female body, robs it of its natural resources, controls it.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Sex, Men, Female

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• Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.

  Benjamin Hoff

  Simple, Simplicity, Tao Of Pooh

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