"Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn." ― Walter Scott Topic(s): Nature More From Walter Scott "Teach you children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary." "He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles." "To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light." More In Nature "When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans – an avian flu pandemic."― Barack Obama "I’ve always had an eye for nature, but it’s the sort of thing to keep quiet about, because I don’t want to come across as a mad hippy. But it makes sense to appreciate those things."― Jarvis Cocker "A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."― Walt Whitman