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Nature quotes. “During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.”. — John James Audubon. “If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ...
The idiom is a metaphor for the common behaviour of responding disproportionately to something - usually an adverse circumstance. One who makes a mountain out of a molehill is said to be greatly exaggerating the severity of the situation. [ 1] In cognitive psychology, this form of distortion is called magnification [ 2] or overreacting.
Whether it's spending time hiking in the mountains (like our very own Pioneer Woman), taking trips to the beach, or heading on your yearly camping trip, nature has a way of exciting us every time ...
Funny Earth Day quotes “For years, I thought the sun was a monster. I’m here to tell you that it’s not a monster. IT’S NOT A MONSTER!” — Howie, “The Benchwarmers”
Jengu, Sawabantu and Duala water spirits. Nyambe, Bantu Supreme deity and god of the sun. Nzambi, Bakongo Sky Father and god of the sun. Nzambici, Bakongo Sky Mother and goddess of the moon and earth. Simbi, Bakongo nature spirits of the water and forest.
Matters are complicated by the fact that the words nature and natural have more than one meaning. On the one hand there is the main dictionary meaning for nature: "The phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations."
Seriously, this list is rounded up with some of the best and most inspiring Earth Day quotes that shed some wisdom about this great big world. That includes quotes about nature and the environment ...
Landscape images were present in the early Shijing and the Chuci, but in later poetry the emphasis changed, as in painting to the Shan shui (Chinese: 山水 lit. "mountain-water") style featuring wild mountains, rivers and lakes, rather than landscape as a setting for a human presence. [54]