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    It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.

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Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

by Augustus Hare Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable read more

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.

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The ordinary corporation is a person for purposes of the adjudicatory processes, whether it represents proprietary, spiritual, aesthetic, or charitable read more

The ordinary corporation is a person for purposes of the adjudicatory processes, whether it represents proprietary, spiritual, aesthetic, or charitable causes.
So it should be as respects valleys, alpine meadows, rivers, lakes, estuaries, beaches, ridges, groves of trees, swampland, or even air that feels the destructive pressures of modern technology and modern life. The river, for example, is the living symbol of all the life it sustains or nourishes - fish, aquatic insects, water ouzels, otter, fisher, deer, elk, bear, and all other animals, including man, who are dependent on it or who enjoy it for its sight, its sound, or its life. The river as plaintiff speaks for the ecological unit of life that is part of it.

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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

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I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship read more

I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship me with love live in me, and I come to life in them.

by Bhagavad Gita Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

by Jane Jacobs Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

by Leonardo Da Vinci Found in: Nature Quotes,
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The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often read more

The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.

by Patrick Young Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

by Lucretius Found in: Nature Quotes,
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