31 Inspirational Quotes About Nature to Rewild the Urban Soul

Sometimes nature leaves you breathless, but there will always be people who can find the words to help you express such moments. Together, let’s begin to rewild the urban soul.

I have lived in some of the most congested, dystopian cities the world, which shall remain unnamed as they may have cleaned up their act since I was last there. However, what made life tolerable was either an urban planner’s speck of dust of a park, or historical hectares of green, reflecting a bygone time when strolls in the park were not in competition with joggers, skate borders, and cyclists.

Breathe, slow down, and enjoy nature again.

When you read the following quotes, you may say, ” I felt that way too.” or those are the words which bring back a special moment, or give a completely new perspective on some aspect of nature.

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“In nature’s economy the currency is not money, it is life.” – Vandana Shiva

“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.” – Khalil Gibran

(1) The disciples said to Jesus: “Tell us whom the kingdom of heaven is like!”
(2) He said to them: “It is like a mustard seed.
(3) <It> is the smallest of all seeds.
(4) But when it falls on cultivated soil, it produces a large branch (and) becomes shelter for the birds of the sky.” – Gospel of Thomas–Nag Hammadi, Coptic Text

“Take it from me, if you are in an open space with no weapons and a grizzly comes for you, run. You may as well. If nothing else, it will give you something to do with the last seven seconds of your life.” – Bill Bryson

“Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?” – Jane Goodall

What a friend we have in a tree, the tree is the symbol of hope, and self improvement and what people can do for themselves. – Wangari Maathai

 “I feel that when I’m in the forest – the boreal forest where it’s deep and dark, with all kinds of animals, and bountiful with life – I feel very much at home.” – Walter Andreef

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
– John Steinbeck

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. – Helen Keller

“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up.” – Terence Mckenna

“My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.” – Oliver Sacks

“We are subject to the principles of the universe like anything else.” And yet, we often don’t apply lessons from the natural world to ourselves.” – Beronda Montgomery

What other creature, besides the lion, the tiger, and the whale, can answer Creation in its own language? – John Vaillant

“There is no computer program that can replicate the richness of seeing a flower up close, the intrigue of geeking out with bugs, or the calm of laying on your back and watching clouds.” – John Muir Laws 

“Expressing gratitude for a tree can be a meaningful way to honor its contribution to our environment. One way to do this is to simply spend time near the tree and reflect on its beauty and importance.” – Holly Worton

“The watermelon is a generous fruit: the flesh of one can feed a dozen people and can parent hundreds of melons with its seeds.” – Jori Lewis

“I shall never have the garden I have in my mind, but that for me is the joy of it; certain things can never be realised and so all the more reason to attempt them.” – Jamaica Kincaid

“The garden is a classroom that teaches us patience, resilience, and the beauty of life.” – Ron Finley

“We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.” – Steve Irwin

In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world – the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilisation drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware. – John Muir

“We in this generation, must come to terms with nature, and I think we’re challenged as mankind has never been challenged before to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature, but of ourselves.” – Rachel Carson

“The wise enjoy the waters, the benevolent enjoy the mountains.”- Confucius

“Perhaps the earth can teach us as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive.” – Pablo Neruda

“I paint flowers, so they will not die. – Frida Kahlo

“The old Ojibwe tell us that in days long ago the people and animals, including the birds, could speak to one another and understand.” – Linda LeGarde Grover

“Plants help us to access our resilience, and they are resilient even through the devastation of their environment.”- Karen M. Rose

“I find it endlessly fascinating when I think that every species of animal may see and feel the world in a completely different way, so you could say there are hundreds of thousands of worlds out there.” – Peter Wohlleben

“When you wake up and you see that the Earth is not just the environment, the Earth is us, you touch the nature of interbeing.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” – Bob Marley

Final thoughts…

These quotes give us an insight as to what drives us to capture moments in time and place which allow us to embrace the beauty of nature.