977 private quotes tagged nature

“Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.” — Sai Baba

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“Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.” — George Washington Carver

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“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

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“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” — Alice Walker

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“God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

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“Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history.” — Octavio Paz

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“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” — Moliere

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“The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.” — Jacques Yves Cousteau

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“Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.” — William Ames

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“I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.” — Pat Buckley

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“Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

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“If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles.” — John B. S. Haldane

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“An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.” — Washington Irving

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“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” — John Ruskin

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“Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.” — John Milton

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“I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.” — Baruch Spinoza

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“What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?” — E. M. Forster

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“We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.” — Adam Weishaupt

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“Your nature is the Buddha.” — Bodhidharma

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“The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.” — Herbert Spencer

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“We must return to nature and nature's god.” — Luther Burbank

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“Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.” — Lindsay Lohan

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“The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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