William Butler Yeats Quotes

It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to him.

We are as much strangers in nature, as we are aliens from God. We do not understand the notes of birds. The fox and the deer run away from us; the bear and tiger rend us. We do not know the uses of more than a few plants, as corn and the apple, the potato and the vine. Is not the landscape, every glimpse of which hath a grandeur, a face of him?

I'm interested in raw land and trees and fresh air and rivers and lots of animals around them.

I have a trainer, a really nice woman named Nina Greenberg, and she got me a training plan, and we go running in the canyons in Malibu. It's just beautiful up there, absolutely gorgeous. You see bobcats up there sometimes.

Endangered species are our friends.

The groves were God's first temples.

I believe in God.

Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

I love running in nature. I don't like running on the streets, I don't like running in the city, I don't like running on the concrete. I love running in nature, so Jamaica provides a lot of that for me.

All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts... The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.

The sea is a place where every day, half the population eats the other half.

Our forest policy is not to preserve forests because they are beautiful—though that is a good in itself—not to preserve them because they are refuges for wild creatures of the wilderness—though that is a good in itself—but rather to conserve them in order to guarantee a steady and continuous supply of timber, grass, and above all, water.

I've taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God.

I have a strong belief in God.

I'm very keen on outdoor things, lots of running and cycling.

I'm a Christian, and I give the glory to God.

You don't need to be an athlete to enjoy the outdoors.

When I'm not working, I go for runs. I live around many parks, so it's nice to feel like you're not surrounded by the city.

I wanna rhyme about God.

We like to take picnics and sandwiches, driving through the green lanes. My wife loves the house, the dogs, and the animals we have around us, the deer and the fox that comes and pokes his head through the hedge.

If you've read 'Dark Ecology,' you'll know there's a whole thing about cats in it, more than once.

I need quite a lot going on, so a perfect holiday for me is one in a cooler climate with wonderful scenery, animals or great architecture.

Humility is preserved when I give credit where credit is due - to God.

For the world is not painted, or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe.

The mountains have always been here, and in them, the bears.