--- title: "11 End Nature Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 End Nature quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best End Nature sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/grey-owl-57924_belong_we-must-remember-that-in-the-end-nature_2666019.jpg" --- > [“We must remember that in the end nature does not belong to us, we belong to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grey-owl/we-must-remember-that-in-the-end-nature-does-not-belong-to-us-we/) [Grey Owl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grey-owl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/grey-owl-57924_belong_we-must-remember-that-in-the-end-nature_2666019.jpg) > [A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-cultivated-man-wise-to-know-and-bold-to-perform-is-the-end-to-which/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cultivated_a-cultivated-man-wise-to-know-and-bold-t_3018144.png) > [ No mind, no form, I only exist; now ceased all will and thought; the final end of \[Nature\]\]'s dance, I am it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/no-mind-no-form-i-only-exist-now-ceased-all-will-and-thought-the/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/sri-chinmoy-517_ends_no-mind-no-form-i-only-exist-now-ceased_613021.png) > [No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/no-man-should-bring-children-into-the-world-who-is-unwilling-to/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/plato-103_children_no-man-should-bring-children-into-the-wo_1034639.jpg) > [ “...\[N\]ature generally in the distribution of her capacities has adapted the means to the end... \[so nature's\] true destination must be to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/n-ature-generally-in-the-distribution-of-her-capacities-has-adapted/) [Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/immanuel-kant-532_morality_n-ature-generally-in-the-distribution-of_2565100.jpg) > [The end of nature sours all my material pleasures. The prospect of living in a genetically engineered world sickens me. And yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/the-end-of-nature-sours-all-my-material-pleasures-the-prospect-of/) [Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/bill-mckibben-1057_advancement_the-end-of-nature-sours-all-my-material_2421828.jpg) > [In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-turgenev/in-the-end-nature-is-inexorable-it-has-no-reason-to-hurry-and-sooner/) [Ivan Turgenev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-turgenev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a0/ivan-turgenev-2671_art_in-the-end-nature-is-inexorable-it-has-n_1413591.jpg) > [Unfortunately, The End of Nature turns out to be correct, although I wish it were not so. The only places that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/unfortunately-the-end-of-nature-turns-out-to-be-correct-although-i/) [Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/bill-mckibben-1057_climate_unfortunately-the-end-of-nature-turns-ou_2902406.jpg) > [I think the Native Americans had the right idea about preserving and respecting the earth. Not just using it up. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lurie/i-think-the-native-americans-had-the-right-idea-about-preserving-and/) [John Lurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lurie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ad/john-lurie-21385_animal_i-think-the-native-americans-had-the-rig_576924.jpg) > [“The End of Nature was the first book for a general audience about global warming; it came out in 1989 and soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/the-end-of-nature-was-the-first-book-for-a-general-audience-about/) [Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/bill-mckibben-1057_books_the-end-of-nature-was-the-first-book-for_425147.jpg) > [Man is the end of nature; nothing so easily organizes itself in every part of the universe as he; no moss, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/man-is-the-end-of-nature-nothing-so-easily-organizes-itself-in-every/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_army_man-is-the-end-of-nature-nothing-so-easi_1930320.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/end-nature/#itemlist", "name": "End Nature Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We must remember that in the end nature does not belong to us, we belong to it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grey Owl" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grey-owl/we-must-remember-that-in-the-end-nature-does-not-belong-to-us-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/grey-owl-57924_belong_we-must-remember-that-in-the-end-nature_2666019.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/grey-owl-57924_belong_we-must-remember-that-in-the-end-nature_2666019.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/grey-owl-57924_belong_we-must-remember-that-in-the-end-nature_2666019.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We must remember that in the end nature does not belong to us, we belong to it.” — Grey Owl", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-cultivated-man-wise-to-know-and-bold-to-perform-is-the-end-to-which/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cultivated_a-cultivated-man-wise-to-know-and-bold-t_3018144.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cultivated_a-cultivated-man-wise-to-know-and-bold-t_3018144.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cultivated_a-cultivated-man-wise-to-know-and-bold-t_3018144.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No mind, no form, I only exist; 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