It is hard when nature does not respect your intentions, and she never does exactly respect them.

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

The oldest voice in the world is the wind.

Are we not ourselves nature, nature without end?

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Conservation is not merely a thing to be enshrined in outdoor museums, but a way of living on land.

In tampering with the earth, we tamper with a mystery.

There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.

The earth is our existence, and our body is attached to the earth.

Conjecturing a Climate
Of unsuspended Suns –
Adds poignancy to Winter

When nature is overriden, she takes her revenge.

Nature never jests.

We seek with our human hands to create a second nature in the natural world.