“The great museums may harbour the conscience for the natural world, not merely provide its catalogue.” — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
Modern man's difficulties, dangerous beliefs and feelings of loneliness, spiritual emptiness,and personal weakness are caused by his illusions about, and separation from,… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
“In the great urban centers, the pulse of the factory served as a kind of metronome for the city at large. In… — Jane Ziegelman Copy Share Image
Once again...Rick Bass draws us into his magical human worlds, rendered urgently by a hypnotic prose that tracks a parallel and untamed… — Doug Peacock Copy Share Image
Some time ago we discovered the carbon cycle - a long-term set of chemical reactions that govern climates based on how much… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
The spiritual world is not unlike the natural world: only diversity will save it. — Margot Adler Copy Share Image
We entered the 20th century trying to deal with three ideas purporting to define or describe or explain three spheres of action,… — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
“As you are reading these words, you are taking part in one of the wonders of the natural world. For you and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
To function effectively, the system scientist must know a considerable amount about the natural world AND about mathematics, without being an expert… — John L. Casti Copy Share Image
Only when we connect to nature, engaged with nature, are we truly alive and vigorous. To really be alive, one must be… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“For the most part, we live in an uncomfortable equilibrium with bacteria and viruses, both those inside of us and those outside,… — A.G. Riddle Copy Share Image
“Modern culture has disenchanted the world by disenchanting numbers. For us, numbers are about quantity and control, not quality and contemplation. After… — Stratford Caldecott Copy Share Image
I saw that animals were important. I saw that plants were even more important. I was also to learn that compared to… — Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Copy Share Image
“The thoughts of Man build future worlds, whilst the emotions of the Fey build up this, our Natural World.” — Gabriel Brunsdon Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Exploration of the natural world begins in early childhood, flourishes in middle childhood, and continues in adolescence as a pleasure and a… — David Sobel Copy Share Image
If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“[T]hese people lived close to the ground, if you will, and the natural world filled their lives. Creation was a lived reality… — Terence E. Fretheim Copy Share Image
“Sadly, the natural world is not short of people who believe that rattling off Latin names incessantly makes them appear clever, whereas… — Tristan Gooley Copy Share Image
Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing what we'd… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable… — David Sobel Copy Share Image
“Nature is an old school, frequented by hippies on weekends.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening, — Bernie Krause Copy Share Image