"As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature."

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"As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature."

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"Life is a flowing river. We came from earth and water. We will go back there after the magic of life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Nature, Life, River, Water, Earth

"Clear skies do not promise rain."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Nature, Clear Skies, Rain, Uncertainty, Hope

"Spring dances with joy in every flower and in every bud letting us know that changes are beautiful and an inevitable law of life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Nature, Spring, Joy, Change, Life

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Nature, Philosophy, Truth, Life

"Every flower returns to sleep with the earth."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Nature, Cycle, Life, Death

"Spring is the only season that flutters in on gentle wings and builds nests in our hearts."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

Nature, Spring, Hope, Beauty

"A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Nature, Infinity, Light, Reflection

"To country people Cows are mild,And flee from any stick they throw;But I'm a timid town bred child,And all the cattle seem to know."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Nature, Childhood, Animals, Fear

"The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Nature, Sun, Morning, Effort, Laziness

"Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Nature, Pleasure, Approval, Test

Explore more quotes by John James Audubon

"Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them."

Music, Fishing, Hunting

"I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children."

Life, Work, Wife, HusbChildren

"Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased."

Mother, Father, Duty

"To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art."

Art, Time, Death, Study

"How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?"

Books,

"Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day."

Day, School

"My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish."

First,

"I waged war against my feelings."

War, Feelings

"I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens."

Body,

"On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise."

Time, Exercise, May, Sea