Nature : (46) " Our landscapes connect us to our history; they are the source of our character as a peopl, as well as our health, our safety, and our prosperity. Natural resources enrich us economically, yes. But they also enrich us aesthetically and recreationally and culturally and spiritually. " - Robert Kennedy, Jr. " During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal – which in fact it was, because it was nature. " - Luanne Rice " There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values. " - Laura Esquivel " I think probably one of the important things that happened to me was growing up in Idaho in the mountains, in the woods, and having a very strong presence of the wilderness around me. That never felt like emptiness. It always felt like presence. " - Marilynne Robinson " All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul. " - Alexander Pope " We used to go in the woods by ourselves, and you can’t help noticing the world then, especially animals. People used to know a lot about the natural world, especially in the country. " - Elizabeth Marshall Thomas " It’s hard to say what drives a three year-old, but I think I had a sense that nature was my solace, and nature was a place in which there was beauty, in which there was order. " - Story Musgrave " Nature is impersonal, awe-inspiring, elegant, eternal. It’s geometrically perfect. It’s tiny and gigantic. You can travel far to be in a beautiful natural setting, or you can observe it in your backyard – or, in my case, in the trees lining New York City sidewalks, or in the clouds above skyscrapers. " - Gretchen Rubin " In nature, disease-causing strains of avian influenza rarely spread far because the birds sicken and die before they can fly to spread it to others. " - Michael Greger " The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm. " - Gary Larson