Dan Simmons Quotes

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.

The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own lives and our own ways, because we actually know much better how to do it then when you start interfering."

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

The environment, what surrounds you, is so alive and delightful and complex.

Natures' curriculum cannot be changed.

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.

That's all about the natural order of things, the idea of nature protecting children but also children protecting nature.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways.

Nature is perfect.

Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

Nature knows best.

Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.

I take a biocentric point of view. I look at things from the point of view of the Earth and the laws of ecology. As opposed to the anthropocentric point of view, where everything revolves around humanity.

It's nice to think about having everything natural and similar to pre-Columbian times.... In fact, man himself has long been part of that environment and there is no way to separate him from that environment.

A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.

Nature is simply the environment on earth in which man finds himself, and to treat it as a separate being in the image of man is sheer nonsense.

Humans have occupied a position in nature that they should not. It is impossible for humans to conquer nature.

All I want to do is to present the abundance of life on Earth.

We need a philosophy for humans and nature to live together.

We can save ourselves, but only if we let go of the myth of dominance and mastery and learn to work with nature.

Listening to nature's operating instructions.

Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.