1. Insights A photo program of natures wisdom and inspiration
for Marine Discovery Center by Loree and Don Chalfant April,
2015
2. Keep your eyes to the sunshine and you cannot see the
shadows. -Helen Keller Zebra Longwing, Canaveral NS
3. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. -Ralph Waldo
Emerson Painted Bunting Merritt Island NWR
4. A bird doesnt sing because it has an answer, it sings
because it has a song. -Maya Angelou Pine Warbler, Merritt Island
NWR
5. Just living is not enough; one must have sunshine, freedom,
and a little flower. -Hans Christian Andersen Spiderwort Canaveral
NS
6. In nature nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything
changes. -Lavoisier Black Swallowtail Caterpillar and Adult
7. The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or
touched they must be felt with the heart. -Helen Keller
Sunrise
8. If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere.
-Vincent van Gogh Acorn Worm Fecal Castings
9. All those who believe in me share in the freedom I feel when
I fly. -John Denver Royal Tern Bald Eagle Northern Gannet
10. Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet
and the wind longs to play with your hair. -Kahlil Gibran Windblown
Grass Tracks in the Sand
11. Spring is Natures way of saying Lets party! -Robin Williams
Great Egret Indian River
12. Nature is a haunted house; art is a house that tries to be
haunted.-Emily Dickinson Purple Sea Urchin, Ponce Inlet Jetty
13. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. -Langston Hughes Storm
clouds
14. Wilderness holds answers to questions that man has not yet
learned to ask. -Nancy Newhall
15. Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. -Ralph
Waldo Emerson Gopher Tortoise
16. Look deep into nature and then you will understand
everything better. -Einstein American Avocet, Merritt Island
NWR
17. Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. -Gerard De
Nerval Morning Glory, Turtle Mound
18. Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
There is nothing stronger than these two: patience and time, theyll
do it all. -Leo Tolstoy Live Oak Tree and Acorn Canaveral NS
19. Earth laughs in flowers. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Tasselflower
IRLP
20. The poetry of the earth is never dead. -John Keats
Resurrection Fern before and after a rain, IRLP
21. I believe in God, only I spell it N-A-T-U-R-E. -Frank Lloyd
Wright Common Baskettail, Canaveral NS
22. There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
-Henri Matisse Gaillardia, Merritt Island NWR
23. Our task is to embrace all living creatures and the whole
of nature and its beauty. -Albert Einstein Five-lined Skink, New
Smyrna Beach
24. Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we
are. -Gretel Ehrlich Blue Land Crab, New Smyrna Beach
25. Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. -Henry
David Thoreau Sandhill Crane with newborn
26. We need the tonic of wildness....we can never have enough
of nature. -Henry David Thoreau River Otter MINWR
27. Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring
your own sunshine. -Anthony J. DAngelo Sunrise
28. The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of
wonder forever. -Jacques Cousteau
29. Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the
right path for its own nature. -Marcus Aurelius Scarlet Tanager in
Mulberry Tree, Canaveral NS
30. In all things of nature, there is something of the
marvelous. -Aristotle Cloudless Sulphur & Cape Honeysuckle
Canaveral National Seashore
31. Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is
everything, color is vibration like music; everything is vibration.
-Marc Chagall Wood Duck
32. Every blade in the field - every leaf in the forest - lays
down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up.
-Henry David Thoreau Natures Recycling Center
33. I like this place and would willingly waste my time in it.
-William Shakespeare Wetland Restoration Area MDC
34. Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on
everything.-Blaise Pascal Chad Truxall, MDC
