nature contemplation Quotes

Our souls must become expanded by the contemplation of Nature's grandeur, before we can fully comprehend the greatness of man.

Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience - the union of life and peace.

I have to stay alone in order to fully contemplate and feel nature.

I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the human heart and mind.

I miss the woods. Sometimes I go on weekend trips and just wander the woods, barefoot and reminiscing, and I put my contact lenses in. Is that weird?

Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature.

How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.'

I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full.

One can hardly imagine a more healthful employment, or one more favorable to contemplation and the observation of nature.

It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.

The first ideas of religion arose, not from contemplation of the works of nature, but from a concern with regard to the events of life.

Once in his life, a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth, I believe. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience, to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder about it, to dwell upon it. He ought to imagine that he touches it with his hands at every season and listens to the sounds that are made upon it. He ought to imagine the creatures there and all the faintest motions of the wind. He ought to recollect the glare of noon and all the colors of the dawn and dusk.