Pleasure in the Pathless Woods

There is pleasure in the pathless woods,

there is rapture in the lonely shore,

there is society where none intrudes,

by the deep sea, and music in its roar;

I love not Man the less, but Nature more. 

Lord Byron

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Nature is an Excellent Schoolmaster

Earth and sky, woods and fields,
lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea,
are excellent schoolmasters,
and teach some of us more
than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock

Nature's Most Beautiful Gift

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Albert Einstein

The Top Of The Mountain

I love being near the top of a mountain.
One can't get lost here.

Wislawa Szymborska

When A Man Kills A Tiger

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport;
when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

George Bernard Shaw

What Hermits Realize

But I'll tell you what hermits realize.
If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet,
you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.

Alan Watts

If We May Never See An Elephant

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren
may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

David Attenborough