Nature Quotes

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.

Imagination does not enable us to invent as many different contradictions as there are by nature in every heart.

However great the advantages given us by nature, it is not she alone, but fortune with her, which makes heroes.

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

If we are in tune with Nature, all her music can find a way into the heart. When bird music is rare, their occasional songs are precious to the ear.

We deny our nature to build and create and then wonder why there is so much alienation and dissatisfaction.

To know a thing well, know it's limits; Only when pushed beyond it's tolerance will it's true nature be seen. -The Amtal Rule

Always history is being made; opinions attitudes and institutions change, and there is evolution in the nature of capitalism

The second most important attribute of winners, after understanding the human dimension, is knowing what questions to ask, the rhetorical nature.

The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and wholesome regard of whatever is atrocious in art.

Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and help define the nature of who we are and what we are becoming.

We have no outside point of view. We are nature too.

Laws of nature don't know they are "fixed." That's a human pattern seeking description that comes out of our need to survive. It isn't an objective description of anything.

We would much rather blame nature for what we don't like in ourselves than credit it for what we do like.

The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes.

Exclusive homosexuality is not very common in nature.

Art compares to nature like wine to the grape.

When we interpret nature, we refer phenomena that are rarely entirely unintelligible back to something that actually exists, but is equally unintelligible.

America needs a president who understands the nature of the world we live in.

[To learn] is to harness Nature; to spare man all that is most physical, backbreaking, and brutish in the work of production; to make mind master over matter.

The idea of romanticising the world goes back to the idea of creating a harmonious whole where the individual will feel at one with himself, others and nature.

To live well is to live in harmony with ourselves, others and nature, and that idea of harmony is, of course, an aesthetic one.

The romantics really did want to romanticise the world itself, and that meant re-creating the state, society and even nature so that it became a work of art.

The clearsighted eye turns the light back to see its own Original Nature.

Nothing burns in hell but ego" says Tauler. Does anything live but Buddha Nature, Christ Spirit?

People walking? Karma walking ... Buddha nature walking..!

In love we listen. We listen to what others say. We listen to what our own being is telling us about the nature of existence.

If a bird is used to flying and you put in a a cage, it won't be a happy bird; It wants to fly; that's its nature. Your nature is infinite awareness.

Nature gives constantly to us. We as indendepent egos think we're important. Selfless giving has to do with overcoming the ego. The ego makes us unhappy.

There is no self, yet we all exist. All phenomena are "empty," yet they have Buddha nature.

Learn to accept the transitory nature of existence of the body and the mind; see eternity in everything, this world, the other worlds, and nirvana.

Being psychic does not necessarily mean seeing an event that has not yet occurred. It is rather seeing the inner nature of something.

I found that the breakthroughs for me, as I went through school, came through sexuality, explorations of consciousness, reading, loving, friends, time in nature, and through psychedelic experiences.

I read a great deal, avoided the comapny of the children in school who seemed superfical, and fell in love with nature.

To perfect your nature doesn't mean to have some idea of what a perfect person is and to simply be that. That doesn't work.

To perfect your nature means to let go of this world and place your attention fully in the plane of enlightenment.

To assume that wealth or sexuality or the usage of power, any of these things are not void in nature, gives them a reality they don't actually have.

You must control your anger and jealousy and possessive nature or, as you become more powerful and your will increases in strength, you will injure others.

Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one might think it was in some way antithetical to contempory life.

Nature is not something to conquer, but something to learn from or to merge with and be part of - to dance with, celebrate.

The natural elements in the forests, mountains, deserts and large bodies of water, help shield you from the thought forms and auras of other human beings.

Spend time alone in areas of low population density, where you can feel the stillness. Go out into the desert or up into the mountains or to the ocean where there aren't too many people.

We hide from ourselves by being with others.

Get in touch with nature. The stillness of nature is profound and yet subtle.

Have lots of plants in your house. Nature and plants understand something about stillness and silence. As you interact with the green world, you will find a peace will enter your life.

I'm not speaking metaphorically, plants that you have in your house, or if you've ever made friends with a tree somewhere, there is a moment that these beings can aid you.

You don't need to be recluse and stay away from people. But you have to set aside a lot of time for stillness. That is the only place there is real fulfillment. You need to slow it down.

If you thrive on the city energy it is necessary to leave the city frequently and to walk in parks, to get away from people. You are more sensitive than you realize. Find a spot that makes you happy.

It is important to have a certain amount of solitude just to clear your circuits. You will find that you can be very happy just being by yourself. Go to new places. It will cleanse your spirit.