They smell of fermented grain, and on the far side of their smell there is hay and grass. Despite being more orderly than the life of the countryside, the life of the city is less harmonious, unfortunately. Country life is a great playground for the sensibilities and needs of a child. The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized mind. There is nothing good to be had in the country, or, if there be, they will not let you have it. We never pay enough attention to our bodies. Country Life Sayings and Quotes. A first walk in any new country is one of the things which make life on this planet worth being grateful for.

I feel in freedom here. Country things are the necessary root of our life – and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization. As most of us grew up in cities or live in the city, we underestimate the power of the country to act upon our mood. Drinking tea on the porch while looking at the sunset and enjoying the fresh air is something so simple, yet so poignant. Country life is all about simple pleasures. If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind. Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country. I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country. Country Love Sayings and Quotes. A view over green fields and a bright, large sky can elevate our state of mind considerably. The tranquil vegetal life and the calm life of the animals invite us to contemplation, introspection, and reverie.

In the city in winter they lose half of their appeal. Otherwise, we would recognize that the body desperately needs sunshine, warmth, nature, fresh water, fresh air, to exist and to be healthy. © 2017 Spirit Button. For some, one’s country instills a sense of pride and love. Where country life is safe and enjoyable, a high state of civilization prevails. The truth is that in the country, people experience a stronger connection with each other, and their relationships are more profound because they spend more time together. There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams, and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy. – William Penn. The city and the town are the perfect scenes for people’s dramas, but country life is always a subtle poetic background that allows us to be who we want, without having to play a part in a scene we don’t like. Warm familiar scents drift softly from the oven, and imprint forever upon our hearts that this is home and that we are loved.

Their love of country and patriotism can be expressed serving in the military or simply being deeply involved in one’s community. In the city, on the contrary, things are reduced to a sort of superficiality that makes corruption and destruction possible.

The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life.

To live permanently away from the country is a form of slow death. After living in the city for a while, our minds get used to the organized, methodical structures of the city, making us prefer order and symmetry. The rose-colored glasses might make us forget that, once we want to embrace the beauty of country life, we also must embrace its roughness. Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country. The city is built in such a way that along with bringing a lot of comfort and opportunities into our lives, it also causes an endless stream of worries and problems. The city, no matter how small, is corrupt and unrepentant, while the sun shines brighter in the country, making people more wholesome. Let us walk down Cheapside. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Not by human dwellings – not in crowded cities alone, are the sights and sounds of life. – Meia Geddes. I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. People in the country seek to adjust themselves to the rhythms of the natural life, not to false constructs of happiness. While city life pollutes our minds with endless worries and concerns, country life relieves us of all stress. God made the country, and man made the town. In the country, nature is free and vibrant and every element of nature is powerful, exerting a warm influence on people.

People who enjoy country life are those who make any moment meaningful and beautiful simply by knowing how to enjoy it to the maximum. A healthy body and a healthy mind need the healing calm and peace of the country life. There’s nowhere else they’d rather be than where they’re from. – Kilroy J. Oldster. Country life emphasizes all the wonderful gifts of God’s creation. Two things revolutionized life: moving to the countryside and falling in love.

One of the reasons why country life is so quiet and peaceful is that there are no temptations there that could cause distress or concern. A safe and comfortable country life is the measure of a civilization who knows how to mix progress with respect for nature. – Amos Bronson Alcott. The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God, but in cities little else but the works of men. But loathe the expense, the vanity and pride.

– D. H. Lawrence. That's the greatness of this country. If country life is healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind. The wildest places of the earth are full of them. I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life. The milking machines sounded tranquilizing, and there was the collegiality of seventy animal spirits thriving, warming the barn with cud-chewing, nose-snuffling, and sisterly mammalhood. Wise Old Sayings is a database of thousands of inspirational, humorous, and thoughtful quotes, sorted by By doing so, they gain new power over themselves and over the nature that they inhabit. This race and this country and this life produced me, he said. This pure air braces the listless nerves, and warms the blood. Not by human dwellings not in crowded cities alone, are the sights and sounds of life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. There is nothing more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face, and among country people it is always a sign of a well regulated life. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.