"Just living is not enough ... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

Hans Christian Anderson

April 2, 1805 - August 4, 1875

"Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift."

Albert Einstein

March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955

"Flowers are beautiful hieroglyphics of nature, with which she indicates how much she loves us."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832

"You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters."

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

1090 - August 20, 1153

"Still -- in a way -- nobody sees a flower -- really -- it is so small -- we haven't the time -- and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time."

Georgia O'Keeffe

November 15, 1887 - March 6, 1986

"Should I pluck it, my hands would defile the flower; I offer it, as it stands, to the Buddhas of the Three Worlds."

Empress Kōmyō, Japan

701 - 760

"The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

"If the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive."

Eleanora Duse

October 3, 1858 - April 21, 1924

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come."

Anonymous Chinese Proverb

"Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective once in a while, and you'll find it there."

Robb Sagendorph

November 20, 1900 - July 4, 1970

"The gaze of the wolf reaches into our soul."

Barry Lopez

Born January 6, 1945

"Flowers engage the heart's affections and unlock the deepest associations."

Carol Williams

born 1948

"April has put a spirit of youth in everything."

William Shakespeare

April 26, 1564 - April 23, 1616

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

Rachel Carson

May 27, 1907 - April 14, 1964

"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy."

Lope de Vega

November 25, 1562 - August 27, 1635

"A true creature of the night, green, golden, soft, velvety, gracing my day, because the light lured her from the night."

Raymond A. Foss

born 1960

"The butterfly. Exquisite child of the air."

Alice Freeman Palmer

February 21, 1855 - December 6, 1902

"The earth laughs in flowers."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

"Flowers are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul."

Luther Burbank

March 7, 1849 - April 11, 1926

"Butterflies are colorful and bright and gentle and have no way to harm you. They go about their business and bring others pleasure while doing it."

Dolly Parton

(born January 19, 1946)

"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do."

Willa Cather

December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947

"A forest bird never wants a cage."

Henrik Ibsen

March 20, 1828 - May 23, 1906

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

Albert Einstein

March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955

"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard."

Standing Bear

(1834? - 1908)

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

Siddhārtha Gautama (Buddha)

563 BC - 483 BC

"I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God."

Alan Hovhaness

March 8, 1911 - June 21, 2000

"Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature."

Gérard de Nerval

May 22, 1808 - January 26, 1855

"Truly it may be said that the outside of a mountain is good for the inside of a man."

George Wherry

1852-1928