Anagarika Govinda
The Way of the White Clouds1966
If we look at the world … with the eyes of the spirit, we will discover that the…
Wisdom quotes
Quotes, aphorisms and advices about Nature from the spiritual Traditions of humankind.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann1998
Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious (…) She is always right, and the errors…
Joanna Macy
Dharma Rain. Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism2000
We can reframe our pain as compasion. As we open to our anguish, we can see it as…
Anandamayi Ma
The Essential Sri Anandamayi Ma2007
In water and on land, in trees, shrubs, and creepers-everywhere in the whole universe abides my Beloved. Further,…
Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Encountering the Mystery.Understanding Orthodox Christianity Today2008
Spiritual life requires proper veneration -and not an absolute worship- of the creation of God. Our relationship with…
Ohiyesa / Charles A. Eastman
The Soul of the Indian1911
Among us there were no more temples or sanctuaries than those of nature. Being a natural man, the…
Thomas Traherne
Centuries of Meditation1908
The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of…
Titus Burckhardt
Mirror of the Intellect1987
The spiritual contemplation of nature, which perceives, through the fundamental and permanent forms, their prototypes and their eternal…
Chief Seattle / Seathl
From the speech of Chief Seathl / Ted Perry1854
All things are connected, like the blood that unites our family. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does it to himself.
Rachel Carston
The Sense of Wonder1998
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us,…