Flowers of the Planet

The Wonders and Mysteries of Nature

From historians to witchcraft adepts, nature has fascinated mankind since times immemorial. According to evolutionary psychologists, humans evolved to adapt to their environments, and coping with natural forces was a prerequisite to reproductive fitness and long term survival.

Today’s fears and anxieties over global warming and environmental and climate change remain a chilling topic. The importance of recycling and going green can only be understated. In hopes of a greener future, the following images were compiled based on their common theme: plants or flora. Other thematic gallery groupings can be found on the art index page.

Out of difficulties grow miracles (Jean de la Bruyere)

Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls (Joseph Campbell)

You must do the things you think you cannot do (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now (Napoleon Hill)

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree (Martin Luther)

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world (Robin Williams)

Change your thoughts and you change your world (Norman Vincent Peale)

Try to be like a turtle - at ease in your own shell (Bill Copeland)

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel (Augustus Hare)

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant (Robert Louis Stevenson)

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been (Alan Alda)

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge (Abraham Joshua Heschel)

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship (Buddha)

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone (Ronald Reagan)

Believe you can and you’re halfway there (Theodore Roosevelt)

Enthusiasm moves the world (Arthur Balfour)