Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
Chief Seattle
{US} Divamish Indians
To survive, our minds must taste redwood, and agate, octopi, bat, and in the bat’s mouth, insect. It’s hard to think like a planet, but we’ve got to try.
James Bertolino
Poet
Who knows the flower best? – the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?
Alexandra David-Neel
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Unknown
Give me spots on the apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please!
Joni Mitchell
Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.
John Ruskin
In wilderness is the preservation of the world.
Henry David Thoreau
Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
John Muir
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.
John Muir
None of Nature’s landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild.
John Muir
I could go on. I take a lot of inspiration from environmental quotes.