Hatherleigh - The Nature Lover’s Quotation Book: An Inspired Collection for Hiking, Camping and the Great Outdoors

N ATURE PLAYS different roles for different people but remains ever present, no matter where we find ourselves in life. The natural world offers constancy and comfort in chaotic times. When every email and text message seems to require an immediate response, a hike in the woods clears the mind and reframes our focus. Seasons change in a spectacular array of colors. Mountains are old enough to seem ageless, and oceans so expansive that the horizon seems limitless. How urgent can an alert message be when were surrounded by such beauty? This book collects quotes from artists, scientists, naturalists and philosophers on the profound influence of nature.

The selections explore the natural worlds ability to soothe the soul and put our problems in perspective. Praise for the sensual beauty of nature and its endless variety in color and form comprises another section. The adventure and delight to be found in the natural world is also explored. These quotes give voice to the wonder and joy a nature lover finds whenever bare feet touch the grass. W E FIND solace in nature when our lives become chaotic. The natural world gives us a sense of peace and spiritual communion.

Our interior lives are enriched and soothed by nature. T hose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of naturethe assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. RACHEL CARSON T he best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be.

And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. ANNE FRANK L et the clean air blow the cobwebs from your body. Air is medicine. LILLIAN RUSSELL T housands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life. JOHN MUIR M ake the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of thingsmountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanityand enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves. MATSUO BASHO G od is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field.

MARTIN LUTHER G etting people into the wilderness for a transcendent experience empowers people for years, if not for their entire lives. PAUL GEORGE N ature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the days work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT T hough I cannot flee from the world of corruption, I can prepare tea with water from a mountain stream and put my heart to rest. UEDA AKINARI N ow I see the secret of the making of the best persons, It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

WALT WHITMAN L ive in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth. HENRY DAVID THOREAU M ountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve; they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion. ANATOLI BOUKREEV I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. JOHN BURROUGHS O ne shouldnt go to the woods looking for something, but rather to see what is there. JOHN CAGE T he voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.

KATE CHOPIN I f I find a green meadow splashed with daisies and sit down beside a clear-running brook, I have found medicine. It soothes my hurts as well as when I sat in my mothers lap in infancy, because the Earth really is my mother, and the green meadow is her lap. DEEPAK CHOPRA T here is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer. CALVIN COOLIDGE T here is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

WASHINGTON IRVING T he glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. ALFRED AUSTIN N ature is beautiful, and you are in her bosom. That voice of comfort which speaks in the breezes of morning, may visit your mind, that the delightful influences which the green leaves, the blue sky, the moonbeams and clouds of the evening diffuse over the universe, may in their powers of soul-healing, visit your day visions, is my desire and hope. HUMPHRY DAVY T here is something special about a quiet untouched forest that just pulls you into the moment. Something that no parks will ever be able to achieve.