977 private quotes tagged nature

“This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games.” — William Burroughs

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“God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?” — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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“Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.” — David Hume

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“An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.” — Herbert Spencer

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“Loki in 'Thor' is the most incredible springboard into a sort of excavation of the darker aspects of human nature. So that was thrilling, coming back knowing that I'd built the boat and now I could set sail into choppier waters.” — Tom Hiddleston

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“What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale.” — Hermann Hesse

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“That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.” — Miguel de Cervantes

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“Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.” — Jean Ingelow

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“There is a great deal of human nature in man.” — Charles Kingsley

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“Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.” — Hosea Ballou

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“Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.” — Gertrude Stein

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“Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.” — Noam Chomsky

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“There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it.” — David Hume

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“I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.” — Martha Graham

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“When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me.” — Tim Burton

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“He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.” — Henri Frederic Amiel

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“You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.” — Edwin Louis Cole

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“Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.” — Denis Diderot

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“The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.” — Luc de Clapiers

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“There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.” — William Henry Harrison

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“I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being.” — Julie Andrews

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“"We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1"". Find what you enjoy - whether it's racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you've done that, you have the passion you need."” — Danica Patrick

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“Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true.” — Susan Orlean

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“It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.” — Robert Shea

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“To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion.” — Bodhidharma

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