Jane Jacobs Quotes

Our minds and memories are crowded with the common experience of nature.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

I worry that more and more kids my age are growing up without experiencing the outdoors, which means that fewer will care about the natural world.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

The diversity of life is so stimulating for me.

I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before I was involved in photography.

Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am, too. So I write them stories in hopes that they will want to protect all the beautiful creatures and places.

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

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

I love not man the less, but Nature more.

What I want to do with my filmmaking is help kids experience the truth and wisdom of nature no matter where they are, whether or not they have the opportunity to go to a national park.

Everybody deserves a chance to be in nature.

Tell them to go and see their own land—visit the National Parks…

In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.

I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.

It is impossible to teach people to conserve nature if they don't learn to love nature.

I love being out in nature. That is really important. It's everything actually.

Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.

I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

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.

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.