Nature Quotes

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language.

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.

Both Brutus and Hamlet are highly intellectual by nature and reflective by habit. Both may even be called, in a popular sense, philosophic; Brutus may be called so in a stricter sense.

String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect.

Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.

I wouldn't say that I'm very similar to the character of Nathan at all. Both of us have had very different upbringings and backgrounds. I have a competitive nature like the character of Nathan. That's really easy to draw from when I'm acting; that's probably the biggest similarity.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.

We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time.

The ocean is 20 minutes away. Nature surrounds me 24/7. I wake up to the sounds of birds chirping. I also love that I can go out to dinner in jeans and flip-flops.

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Nature can do more than physicians.

It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training.

Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience.

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.

By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation.

A child does not notice the greatness and the beauty of nature and the splendor of God in his works.