“I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it.”
— Jimi Hendrix
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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes
“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.”
— John Lubbock
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I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and
“I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.”
— Hamlin Garland
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The scientist does not study nature because
“The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.”
— Henri Poincare
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Colors are the smiles of nature.
“Colors are the smiles of nature.”
— Leigh Hunt
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Men may change their climate, but they
“Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.”
— Joseph Addison
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There are certain pursuits which, if not
“There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Autumn is a second spring when every
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
— Albert Camus
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Let us permit nature to have her
“Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.”
— Michel de Montaigne
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Man masters nature not by force but
“Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.”
— Jacob Bronowski
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There are moments when all anxiety and
“There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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