It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.

Mother Nature is not sweet.

Life is a dance of nature.

Nature is gendered, but not sexist.

You are the sun and the rain, the water and the plants, the birds and the animals. There is no such thing as ‘nature,’ apart from you and me. You are nature, I am nature, just as you are me and I am you.

Agriculture brought to human beings more than a new way of procuring food. It introduced a new way of thinking about the relationship between humans an nature. Hunter-gatherers considered themselves to be part of the natural world; they lived with nature, not against it. They accepted nature`s twist and turns as inevitable and adapted to them as best they could. Agriculture, on the other hand, is a continuous exercise in controlling nature; it involves the taming and controlling of plants and animals, to make them servants to humans rather than equal partners in the natural world. With agriculture, I suggest, humans began to extend this idea of control over nature to other aspects of the natural world, including children.

“To have a naturally started fire in a natural area with plenty of species that are dependent on fire isn't necessarily a bad thing.”

“All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.”

“If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living”

“Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.”