Nature Quotes

The mountains are calling and I must go.

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Man cannot influence in this respect the atomic forces of Nature.

For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature.

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.

I am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. That's why I have opposed Israel's settlement policy since 1973, and that's why I have favored a two-state solution since 1967.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.

The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.

Envy is human nature.

The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and defending herself in vain.

Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a walk, tread gently and remember that we are both inhabitants and stewards of nature in our neighbourhoods.

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.

Sympathy with nature is part of a good person's religion.

Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.

My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places.

All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature.

My nature just changes.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.