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    Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

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How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of read more

How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?

by Charles Lindbergh Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

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

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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the read more

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

by Sir John Lubbock Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

by William Cowper Found in: Nature Quotes,
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To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

by Auguste Rodin Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Until we end our violence against the earth- a matter ignored by most pacifists, as the issue of military violence read more

Until we end our violence against the earth- a matter ignored by most pacifists, as the issue of military violence is ignored by most conservationists-how can we hope to end our violence against each other? The earth, which we all have in common, is our deepest bond, and our behavior toward it cannot help but be an earnest of our consideration for each other and for our descendants.

by Wendell Berry Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a serious and dangerous hallucination.

Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a serious and dangerous hallucination.

by Alan Wilson Watts Found in: Nature Quotes,
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By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect

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A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

by Luis Barragan Found in: Nature Quotes,
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