Quotation by

Alexander Pope

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.

Nature

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The speaker describes a person who does not blindly follow any particular religious group or personal beliefs but instead seeks understanding by observing the natural world. This person’s faith is based on the evidence and order found in nature, which they see as a reflection of a higher divine power.

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Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.