Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.
The earth is not just our environment. The earth is our mother.
I can't tell people to love mountains. They have to find their own way.
The Japanese people have a strong connection with nature and the ocean and a huge respect for them.
I have a major respect for nature. I'm an environmentalist.
India is one of the richest civilizations in the world, and we Indians are known for our love of our soil! But somewhere on our way to modernisation, we have been losing the very essence and spirit that we should be proud of - that is, our culture that teaches us to love and respect nature and nurture it.
I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them.
The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
Nature in America does not arouse powerful emotions in me.
The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live in harmony with the Earth.
We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings.
To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect of nature, etc. follows.
wild flowers should be enjoyed unplucked where they grow.
Nature is telling us that if you don't respect the environment then you are living with artificial needs and a consumerism that is destroying the very conditions we need to survive.
I have no problem with the adventure travel movement. It makes better, more sensitive people. If you get people diving on a coral reef, they're going to become more respectful of the outdoors and more concerned with the threats that places like that face and they're going to care more about protecting them than they would have before.
I'm not a gourmet. I just like the planet.
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
Touch the earth, love the earth, honour the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas; rest your spirit in her solitary places.
The Caribbean is an immense ocean that just happens to have a few islands in it. The people have an immense respect for it, awe of it.
I grew up with a house full of dogs. My mother was a great nature lover and taught us to have almost a religious sense of respect for the natural world.
We cannot fulfill that purpose [environmentalism] if we are heaping contempt on God's creation.
Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.
To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.
On your own, relying on yourself, you will never feel you are stronger than the mountain, and your respect for the peak grows.
Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground.
