“Whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within.” – Chinese Proverb

“Keep your sense of proportion by regularly, preferably daily, visiting the natural world.” – Caitlin Matthews

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in tune once more.” – John Burroughs

“Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.  May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” – Edward Abbey

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon the verdant green hills is the most perfect refreshment.” – Jane Austin

“When a man moves away from nature, his heart becomes hard.”–Lakota Tribe

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

“Be kind to everything that lives.”–Omaha Tribe

“The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs.”–Southwest Tribe

“Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.”–Blackfoot Tribe