"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,

By the deep sea, and music in its roar:

I love not man the less, but Nature more."

~ George Gordon, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

"Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower."

~ Alan C. Kay

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."

~ Albert Einstein

"There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough to pay attention to the story."

~ Linda Hogan

Young leaves by BONGURI

"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are."

~ Osho

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

~ Lao Tzu

"Nature holds all the answers - go outside and ask some questions - open your heart and listen to the response!"

~ Amethyst Wyldfyre

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another."

~ Juvenal, Satires

Gold Under The Rainbow by *drewyboy

"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."

~ Rachel Carson

Rosengarten Dolomites by Franco... All the best for 2012

Photo credits: Nature Wallpapers