Quotes about nature
nature similar suicide
similar to the nature of a suicide bomber. Chris Murray
nature truthful
She can't come clean, she can't be truthful -- it's not in her nature,
nature motivation inspiration
Sometimes nature guards her secrets with the unbreakable grip of physical law. Sometimes the true nature of reality beckons from just beyond the horizon. Brian Greene
nature science ideas
Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. Arthur Conan Doyle
nature humorous sarcasm
I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel that it is rather like a beetle giving his Arthur Conan Doyle
nature acceptance men
Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions. Antoinette Brown Blackwell
nature law understanding
Nothing comes to pass in nature, which can be set down to a flaw therein; for nature is always the same and everywhere one and thesame in her efficiency and power of action; that is, nature's laws and ordinances whereby all things come to pass and change from one form to another, are everywhere and always; so that there should be one and the same method of understanding the nature of all things whatsoever, namely, through nature's universal laws and rules. Baruch Spinoza
nature philosophical environment
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. Baruch Spinoza
nature way steps
A good work is a partnership between you and nature... Nature will help you every step of the way. Barbara Sher
nature artist ugly
To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature Auguste Rodin
nature eye giving
There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect. Auguste Rodin
nature recovery revised
Second-quarter GDP was revised upwards, representing the well-balanced nature of the recovery in Japan's economy,
nature art men
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' Edgar Allan Poe
nature immortality assurance
Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality. Eleanor Roosevelt
nature wings roots
"If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves." E.Abbey Edward Abbey
nature conservation smart-growth
Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops. Edward Abbey
nature vacant
There are no vacant lots in nature. Edward Abbey
nature our-love unfaithful
Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful. Edward Abbey
nature civilization cities
The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert complements city, as wilderness complements and completes civilization. Edward Abbey
nature civilization names
A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization. Edward Abbey
nature human-nature domination
The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature. Edward Abbey
nature heart volcanoes
I wish to be an inspector of volcanoes. I want to study cloud formations and memorize the wind and learn by heart the habits of the ponderosa pine. Edward Abbey
nature insperational luxury
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. Edward Abbey
nature adventure journey
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. Edward Abbey
nature art men
If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once. Aristotle
nature vain incomplete
Nature makes nothing incomplete, and nothing in vain. Aristotle
nature views research
He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the best view of them. Aristotle
nature children animal
Nature does nothing without a purpose. In children may be observed the traces and seeds of what will one day be settled psychological habits, though psychologically a child hardly differs for the time being from an animal. Aristotle
nature passing-away causes
For nature by the same cause, provided it remain in the same condition, always produces the same effect, so that either coming-to-be or passing-away will always result. Aristotle
nature imperfect infinite
But nature flies from the infinite; for the infinite is imperfect, and nature always seeks an end. Aristotle
nature great-poetry poetry-is
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle
nature equality desire
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. Aristotle
nature faults results
No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature. Aristotle