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Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.
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—Gretel Ehrlich

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
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—Frank Lloyd Wright

There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.

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—Charlotte Eriksson

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.
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—Jacques-Yves Cousteau

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
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—Robert Louis Stevenson

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
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—John Burroughs

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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—Henry David Thoreau

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.

—Rachel Carson

If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.

—Laura Ingalls Wilder

Choose only one master—nature.

—Rembrandt

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

—Henry David Thoreau

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

—Albert Einstein

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

—Khalil Gibran

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

–Alice Walker