Nature Quotes

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"The strength of a tree depends on its roots."

"As the soil is her kingdom, so is virtue the kingdom of the superior man."

"Water is the principle of all things, for all things are water and all things return to water."

"In every grain of sand there is a story of the earth."

"The sun provides all energy; water provides all life."

"The rhythm of nature teaches us the rhythm of life."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"Nature produces all things, but attaches to nothing."

"The Tao produces all things without having a purpose to do so."

"Extend the feeling of kinship to all creatures."

"Nature teaches the lesson of persistence through the smallest seeds."

"It is forbidden to violate the laws of nature."

"To understand nature is to understand oneself."

"All things flow, nothing stands still."

"Fire is the most fundamental element; all things are processes of fire."

"The world does not become gradually warmer, nor does it gradually cool, but it happens by sudden violent upheavals."

"The world order came from no god and no man, but it always was, is, and always will be."

"Cleanliness comes from the water, corruption from the mud."

"Nature loves to hide itself."

"Heaven and earth were born at the same time I was, and the ten thousand things are one with me."

"The forest does not grow by planning; it grows by being."

"All animate beings contain moisture, and thus all contain a spark of divine principle."

"Even inanimate objects possess a form of life and consciousness."

"The unexamined life is not worth living in harmony with nature."

"Nature is the book written by the hand of the divine."

"Great perfection seems imperfect, yet its usefulness is unimpaired."

"Nature invites us to rest in stillness and simplicity."

"The great Tao flows everywhere—to the left and to the right, it loves and nourishes all."

"The beginning and the root of all good is the pleasure of the stomach."