Pantheist Quotes
Twenty-two lines from philosophers, scientists and poets who saw the divine in nature, set over quiet landscapes. Every one is a free wallpaper for your phone or desktop.
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Baruch Spinoza
"God and Nature are one and the same."
Dutch philosopher (1632-1677), considered the father of modern pantheism.
Albert Einstein
"I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world."
Theoretical physicist (1879-1955), expressed pantheistic views throughout his life.
Carl Sagan
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."
Astronomer and science communicator (1934-1996), inspired cosmic perspective.
Marcus Aurelius
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher (121-180 CE).
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship."
American essayist and transcendentalist (1803-1882).
John Muir
"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks."
Naturalist and conservationist (1838-1914), founder of the Sierra Club.
Alan Watts
"You are the universe experiencing itself."
British philosopher (1915-1973), interpreter of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences.
Walt Whitman
"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars."
American poet (1819-1892), celebrated nature and the human spirit.
Thich Nhat Hanh
"We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness."
Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist (1926-2022).
Neil deGrasse Tyson
"We are all connected, to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
Astrophysicist and science communicator, continuing the legacy of cosmic perspective.
Henry David Thoreau
"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."
American naturalist and writer (1817-1862), author of Walden.
Heraclitus
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man."
Greek philosopher (c. 535-475 BC) for whom everything flows.
William Blake
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand, and a Heaven in a Wild Flower."
English poet and painter (1757-1827).
William Wordsworth
"Come forth into the light of things, let Nature be your teacher."
English Romantic poet (1770-1850), the Lake District his lifelong subject.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Nature is the living, visible garment of God."
German poet, scientist and thinker (1749-1832).
Giordano Bruno
"The universe is one, infinite, immobile."
Italian philosopher (1548-1600), burned for saying the stars were suns.
Rabindranath Tagore
"The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world."
Bengali poet and philosopher (1861-1941), Nobel laureate.
Lao Tzu
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Ancient Chinese sage, traditional author of the Tao Te Ching.
Lucretius
"Nothing comes from nothing, and nothing returns to nothing."
Roman poet (c. 99-55 BC), author of On the Nature of Things.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
American essayist and poet (1803-1882), the central figure of Transcendentalism.
John Muir
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."
Scottish-American naturalist (1838-1914), founder of the Sierra Club.
Marcus Aurelius
"All things are woven together and the common bond is sacred."
Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher (121-180).
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