Looking for nature quotes to inspire and uplift your spirit? You’re in the right place. Here’s a list of 101 nature quotes that will fill your heart with wonder and connect you deeply to the beauty of the natural world.
- “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein
- “The Earth has music for those who listen.” — William Shakespeare
- “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.” — Alice Walker
- “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu
- “To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” — Mary Davis
- “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” — John Keats
- “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” — Gérard de Nerval
- “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” — Aristotle
- “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” — John Muir
- “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” — Gary Snyder
- “Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” — Henry David Thoreau
- “Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.” — Isaac Newton
- “Choose only one master—nature.” — Rembrandt
- “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” — Claude Monet
- “Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” — Vincent Van Gogh
- “Colors are the smiles of nature.” — Leigh Hunt
- “Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.” — Charles Dickens
- “The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” — Joseph Campbell
- “Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.” — Katrina Mayer
- “The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.” — Robert Wyland
- “Nature is the art of God.” — Dante Alighieri
- “Land really is the best art.” — Andy Warhol
- “Nature does nothing in vain.” — Aristotle
- “In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Nature is the best medicine for serenity. Peace, calmness, stillness. It’s good for the heart.” — Karen Madwell
- “Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye, it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.” — Edvard Munch
- “Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.” — Vincent Van Gogh
- “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.” — William Blake
- “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- “The earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.” — Kristen Butler
- “Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.” — Blaise Pascal
- “The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” — Galileo Galilei
- “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein
- “Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” — Hans Christian Andersen
- “The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Nature does not deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” — Toni Morrison
- “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” — William Shakespeare
- “We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.” — William Hazlitt
- “Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles.” — Christopher Paolini
- “Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.” — Leonardo da Vinci
- “By discovering nature, you discover yourself.” — Maxime Lagacé
- “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” — Gary Snyder
- “The mountains are calling and I must go.” — John Muir
- “Nature is a great artist.” — Louise Dickinson Rich
- “The earth is what we all have in common.” — Wendell Berry
- “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.” — Socrates
- “Take a quiet walk with Mother Nature. It will nurture your mind, body, and soul.” — Anthony Douglas Williams
- “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” — Mahatma Gandhi
- “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” — Henry David Thoreau
- “I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
- “Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.” — Edvard Munch
- “Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” — John Muir
- “Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.” — Gretel Ehrlich
- “We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” — Albert Einstein
- “The day I see a leaf is a marvel of a day.” — Kenneth Patton
- “The mountains are my bones, the rivers my veins. The forests are my thoughts, and the stars are my dreams.” — Erin Hunter
- “The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” — Natalie Angier
- “In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” — Aristotle
- “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
- “Nature is loved by what is best in us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.” — Charlotte Eriksson
- “The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” — Joseph Campbell
- “A walk in nature walks the soul back home.” — Mary Davis
- “Nature is a haunted house—but Art—is a house that tries to be haunted.” — Emily Dickinson
- “Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It’s better than art because it’s from the creator.” — Olivia Newton-John
- “The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” — Natalie Angier
- “Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.” — William Wordsworth
- “Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” — Langston Hughes
- “Nature is the best teacher.” — Toba Beta
- “Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.” — Blaise Pascal
- “We are part of this universe, we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson
- “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” — Gary Snyder
- “The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.” — William Blake
- “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” — Vincent Van Gogh
- “Nature does nothing in vain.” — Aristotle
- “Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Nature is the art of God.” — Dante Alighieri
- “The poetry of the earth is never dead.” — John Keats
- “Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.” — Charles Dickens
- “Colors are the smiles of nature.” — Leigh Hunt
- “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” — John Muir
- “In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.” — Hans Hofmann
- “The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.” — Robert Wyland
- “Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.” — Kristen Butler
- “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” — Claude Monet
- “By discovering nature, you discover yourself.” — Maxime Lagacé
- “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- “The mountains are calling and I must go.” — John Muir
- “The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” — Natalie Angier
- “Take a quiet walk with Mother Nature. It will nurture your mind, body, and soul.” — Anthony Douglas Williams
- “Nature is the best medicine for serenity. Peace, calmness, stillness. It’s good for the heart.” — Karen Madwell