Nature Quotes

There is at least one more atheism left; it is by its very nature a belligerent form that wants to spread far and wide by propagating itself though books, TV, and other media.

It is a pretty trick of authors to make nature ever in sympathy with man, but as a matter of fact she seldom is.

power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.

Very few among us are noble, or even mature, in all parts of our nature at the same time.

The phenomenon of nature is more splendid than the daily events of nature, certainly, so then the twentieth century is splendid.

Nature is not natural and that is natural enough.

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

It seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature.

You can free things from alien or accidental laws, but not from the laws of their own nature. You may, if you like, free a tiger from his bars; but do not free him from his stripes.

Spring never is spring unless it comes too soon.

It is very foolish of a man to be frightened of a skeleton, for Nature has put an insurmountable obstacle against running away from it.

Medicine may be defined as the art or the science of keeping a patient quiet with frivolous reasons for his illness and amusing him with remedies good or bad until nature kills him or cures him.

Nature is where I feel most comfortable; it's where I find my balance. I would like my kids and all future generations to have the chance to experience nature as I did.

...in the theatre the stage keeps the audience aware of the fictional nature of the action. The reader poring over a magazine, on the other hand, identifies what he sees in the photographs as real.

The reason that history so often repeats is not only human nature, but also human ignorance.

I grew up with a house full of dogs. My mother was a great nature lover and taught us to have almost a religious sense of respect for the natural world.

Vibration is at the heart of nature. Music allows us to feel it.

Nature doesn't move in a straight line, and as part of nature, neither do we.

Rich by nature, poor by policy' might be written over Canada's door.

Nature lies, disheveled, pale, With her feverish lips apart,- Day by day the pulses fail, Nearer to her bounding heart.

When you listen to nature, it may still be difficult to live a life, but it's inspiring.

One's neighbor is always the enemy. That is the nature of things.

A superficial education would be worse than none. But a full education would open every man's eyes to the nature of human existence.

I do not much care for nature, and believe that flowers belong in vases rather than loose and untidy on the ground.

Everybody is bisexual, and that is a fact of human nature. Some people practice both, and some practice one thing, and some people practice another thing and that is the way human beings are.

Nature does not make leaps.

There is no way in which a simple substance could begin in the course of nature, since it cannot be formed by means of compounding.

For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another.

Nature intended that woman should be her masterpiece.

The "can do" logic, by its own nature, does not accept limits. And an empire does not have a graceful way to evolve out of this role. History demonstrates this time and again.

We wanted a periodical that would help people live richer, fuller, freer, more self-directed lives.

People change,' she said 'Oh, no they don't. Look at me. I've never changed. It's like those sticks of rock: bite it all the way down, you'll still read Brighton. That's human nature.

A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.

Like all mothers, mother nature will tuck you safely into bed at night only to come into your room two hours later in a scary mask and threaten you with a nail

[Obamacare] has to be enforced because nobody wants it. This is the nature of progressive government they don't care if it's not good for you. It's good for them.

There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting.

In the nature of the case, an explorer can never know what he is exploring until it has been explored.

One of the laws of nature," Gordon said, "is that half the people have got to be below average.""For a Gaussian distribution, yeah," Cooper said. "Sad, though.

Ugliness is nature's contraceptive.

I can build a happy life only on the foundation of my own nature.

There is nothing in nature that can't be taken as a sign of both mortality and invigoration.

Who you really are, your True Nature, is no more tied to the kind of person you've been than the wind is tied to the skies through which it moves.

No truly conscious human being sabotages himself - it's impossible, because it's contrary to Nature.

What world is there for us where our essential nature - and its right to live free - is one and the same?

If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that seems to be a bottomless basket, because there is no peace in it.

Because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's just second nature.

What is too often forgotten is that nature obviously intends the botched to die, and that every interference with that benign process is full of dangers.

We were like confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly were not prepared to abandon its terrible delights.

Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves.

Nature has got it all wrong: When you are younger, it should be harder to get pregnant, and as you get older it should be easier.