Ellen Glasgow Quotes

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection; love is born.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth.

I love not man the less, but Nature more.

Even rain and wind and stormy clouds bring joy, just as knowing animals and flowers and where they live.

I think every pet lover has an appreciation for nature - I've never met an animal lover who didn't have some kind of connection to the natural world.

We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.

I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else!

I love the ocean, wide-open space and trees, but I'm not a gardener or anything like that. I think I may be, eventually. I was raised in the city, so I don't have that skill set, but my heart is more with the dirt than the concrete. It's an unrequited love with nature - a one-way love affair.

In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.

I love all of the Earth.

He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.

The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression is 'the hollyhocks are awfully good' sort of thing, all done in very good taste. The savagery of nature is something they don't dwell upon.

Being in touch with the natural world is crucial.

I love generally being out in nature. It is just so amazing.

My mother was a courageous woman, and she had such tremendous love for life. She loved the natural world. She would wake us up in the middle of the night to go look at the moon. When I was a teenager, this was a source of great frustration because I wanted to sleep.

There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature.'" The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" : but beavers and their dams are.

Tell the Earth how much you care, how beautiful she is, and how much you love her. Ask for her forgiveness for having been so careless.

If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.

I have to have nature around me. I love the earth and this insanely beautiful creation that we live in. I just think it's to be marveled at and appreciated. It gives us life.

Draw near to Nature. Then try like some first human being to say what you see and experience and love and lose.

It is the last thing we learn, / listening to the creature world.

I knew the stars, the flowers, and the birds, The gray and wintry sides of many glens, And did but half remember human words, In converse with the mountains, moors, and fens.

I sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals.

One means of sanity is to retain a hold on the natural world, ... Americans still have that chance, more than many peoples.

I am in love with this green Earth.