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    That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.

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Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Nature Quotes,
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The groves were God's first temples.

The groves were God's first temples.

by William Cullen Bryant Found in: Nature Quotes,
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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. read more

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.

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A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or read more

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

by Liberty Hyde Found in: Nature Quotes,
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

by Jules Verne Found in: Nature Quotes,
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If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
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Through all her works) read more

If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries
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Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.

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Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.

Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Nature Quotes,
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What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!

by Logan Pearsall Smith Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

by Virgil A. Kraft Found in: Nature Quotes,
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