“Nature has always had more force than education.”
Quotes about nature
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“Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
“Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”
“Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.”
“There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.”
“To prefer evil to good is not in human nature and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.”
“That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.”
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”
“I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.”
“All men by nature desire knowledge.”
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
“When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.”
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
“A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.”
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
“Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.”
“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.”
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
“Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.”