Climb the mountains and get their good tidings: Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine into flowers, the winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms, their energy and cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure.
The sun - my almighty physician.
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.
The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
The sun gives us light, but the moon provides inspiration. If you look at the sun without shielding your eyes, you'll go blind. If you look at the moon without covering your eyes, you'll become a poet.
The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky.
We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the butterflies, the song of the birds, if we can't see the stars at night.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because I'm the Earth. I won't give up until the Earth gives up.
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
I never knew how soothing trees are - many trees and patches of open sunlight, and tree presences; it is almost like having another being.
Nature is saturated with deity.
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime.
The nicest thing about the promise of spring is that sooner or later she'll have to keep it.