“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”

- Rachel Carson

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.”

- Sylvia Plath

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

- Chief Seattle

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”

- Alice Walker

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."

- William Shakespeare

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

- Lao Tzu

“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.”

- Ansel Adams

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”

- John Muir

“The best view comes after the hardest climb.”

- Unknow

“A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.”

- Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.”

- Henry David Thoreau