"In wildness is the preservation of the world." -Henry David Thoreau
"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." -Muriel Rukeyser
"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." -Friedrich Neitzsche
"I am the heat of your hearth on the cold winter nights, the friendly shade screening you from the summer sun, and my fruits are refreshing draughts quenching your thirst as you journey on." "I am the beam that holds you house, the board of your table, the bed on which you lie, and the timber that builds your boat." "I am the handle of your hoe, the door of your homestead, the wood of your cradle, and the shell of your coffin." "I am the bread of kindness and the flower of beauty." "Ye who pass by, listen to my prayer: "Harm me not". - Prayer of the Woods , Tequaniman Falls, Michigan
"Life is the prelude to eternity. Nature is the key to life."
"Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination." -Voltaire
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." Lao Tzu
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." -Anne Bradstreet
"Let our inner eye see the invisible damage,
Let your hands repair the broken ecosystem,
Let our inner ear hear the snapping of food chains,
And let our heart respond,
Not just to the oil on the rocks,
But to the Earth's biological clock."
"The Earth doesn't belong to us. We belong to the Earth."
"Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints."
"Take Nothing but Pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time." -Motto of the Baltimore Grotto (caving society)
"Leave nothing, take nothing out."
"Compost: because a rind is a terrible thing to waste."
"The secret powers of nature are generally undiscovered unsolisited." -Hans Christian Anderson
"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her." -Wordsworth
"If only society and enviroment could work together- we would have a masterpiece." -Voot
"Nature never decieves us: it is always we who decieve ourselves." -Roosseau
"Nature is not governed except by obeying her." -Beacon
"Take care of the earth if you care for yourself." -Stewart
"Let us remember
As we chase our dreams
Into the stars that our
First responcibility is to
Our earth to out children
To ourselves." -Bush
"Our environment is like a patchwork quilt. Each "patch" is dependent on those around it. If one part unravels, it affects the rest." -Hemeon
"If we don't save the animals, the air, and the sky.
They will be gone in the blink of an eye." -Dahl
"We have changer our environment more quicky then we know how to change ourselves." -Lippman
"In nature there are niether rewards nor punishments. There are consiquences." -Ingersoli
"We can protect our future world by taking care of nature today. By being involved with taking care of our air, land and water we can make sure the world is a nice place to live in for the kids of the future." -Poe
"Our earth, like a child, needs love and affection. So we should provide and care for it as if it were a child." -Phelan
"Once our natural splendor is distroyed it can never be recaptured." -Johnson
"In all things of nature there is something marvelous." -Aristotle
"We won't have a society if we destroy the enviroment." -Mead
