I love not man the less, but Nature more.
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.
The best friend on earth of man is the tree: When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources of the earth.
Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding
Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.
There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side
Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness'.
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too.
To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.
Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.
Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.
The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
There is a great deal of human nature in man.
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