Nature Quotes
Mountains, oceans, and everything growing in between. The natural world as teacher and mirror.
18018 quotes
"The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth."James Lovelock
"The Earth speaks in the language of cycles and time scales that dwarf human history."James Lovelock
"Life is not a commodity to be exploited; it is a miracle to be cherished."James Lovelock
"Every species, no matter how humble, has something to teach us about survival and adaptation."James Lovelock
"The Earth's climate is not stable; it is a delicate balance maintained by countless feedback loops."James Lovelock
"Life adapts faster than we can predict, but only if we give it the chance to do so."James Lovelock
"The Earth does not need saving. Earth will survive us. We are the ones who need saving."James Lovelock
"The atomic nucleus does not care about our theories; it follows its own laws."Chien-Shiung Wu
"Nature is indifferent to our expectations; that is its beauty."Chien-Shiung Wu
"The fundamental forces care nothing for our theories about them."Chien-Shiung Wu
"The weak nuclear force proved that nature is stranger than fiction."Chien-Shiung Wu
"Natural selection is a blind watchmaker—blind because it has no sight, no intention, no direction."Richard Dawkins
"Symbiosis is the way of the world."Lynn Margulis
"Gaia is a tough bitch and won't let us push her around indefinitely, but she can only react to what she can sense."Lynn Margulis
"The planet is not in trouble. The planet will be fine. We are in trouble."Lynn Margulis
"We are all symbiotic."Lynn Margulis
"Chloroplasts are the reason we have oxygen in the atmosphere."Lynn Margulis
"The biosphere is self-regulating."Lynn Margulis
"We must understand that all life is connected."Lynn Margulis
"The ocean is the mother of all life."Lynn Margulis
"The biosphere has immune systems."Lynn Margulis
"Diversity is essential to the survival of life."Lynn Margulis
"Symbiotic relationships are everywhere in nature."Lynn Margulis
"Gaia theory suggests the planet self-regulates like an organism."Lynn Margulis
"Biodiversity is the immune system of the planet."Lynn Margulis
"The tree of life is actually a web."Lynn Margulis
"The biosphere is a self-organizing system."Lynn Margulis
"The planet is alive in the ways that matter most."Lynn Margulis
"We are living in a symbiotic relationship with the Earth."Lynn Margulis
"Life rewards those who cooperate and punishes those who consume without giving back."Lynn Margulis