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Spending quality time with Mother Nature feeds our creativity, washes our worries clean, and nurtures the soul. These nature quotes are some of my favorite reminders of the beauty that’s all around us.

“Pursue some path however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.” – Henry David Thoreau

Being in nature is not only a form of stress relief, but wildness is a necessity. Going into the forest is home. Rivers and streams and waterfalls and lakes are the fountains of life. The blue water, the green field, the brown dirt, and the yellow flower are testaments to the simple miracle of being alive.

Nature gives us so much to enjoy and to express gratitude for. If we’re just willing to see past the drama and trauma of our realities, we can see through to the beauty that’s everywhere still, and sit in presence with what we see to be miraculous.

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank Click To Tweet

There’s so much to see, to hear, to smell, to feel beneath our feet, to touch with our hands, to imagine with our minds, and to love with our entire being.

So many walk through life blind to the stunning magnificence of our existence here in the way that we are; we need just open our hearts to see how beautiful life already is, and can be for us.

We’re not responsible for what we see in the world, but for how we perceive it. Choose to see the light and to see the love that fuels all life, and you might just be transported into a world where peace is natural. Everything changes when we change.

May these nature quotes remind you that if you’re patient enough, quiet enough, and curious enough, nature will speak all kinds of peace to you, and in that silence you’ll hear the answers.

20 Nature Quotes to Refresh Your Spirit

1. “Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty.” – Richard Feynman

2. “The poetry of earth is never dead.” – John Keats

3. “A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye: looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu Click To Tweet

5. “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” – Rabindranath Tagore

6. “If you truly love Nature, you’ll find beauty everywhere.” – Van Gogh

7. “Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.” – Blaise Pascal

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henri Matisse Click To Tweet

9. “There is no better designer than nature.” – Alexander McQueen

10. “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

11. “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” – Mahatma Gandhi

12. “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” – William Shakespeare

“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” – John Muir Click To Tweet

14. “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” – Rachel Carson

15. “Hills are always more beautiful than stone buildings.” – Walking Buffalo