Theodore Parker Quotes about Nature

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Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

Theodore Parker

Religious, Nature, Book

Theodore Parker (1867). “The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Sermons. Prayers”, p.88

Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.

Theodore Parker

Nature, Heart, Men

It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work.

Theodore Parker

Nature, Nice, Butterfly

Theodore Parker “Centenary Edition [of the Writings of Theodore Parker]”