“He is saying, as he says extensively in Romans 8, that the whole creation is longing for its exodus, and that when… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
(The processes are) doubly ruinous: they impoverish the earth by hastily removing, for the benefit of a few generations, the common resources… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the condition of human nature is just this; man towers above the rest of creation so long as he realizes his… — Boethius Copy Share Image
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Bible makes clear a basic truth that we self-centered humans find difficult to accept, namely, that the natural universe was not… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
Genius scorns the power of gold: it is wrong. Gold is the war-scythe on its chariot, which mows down the millions of… — Ouida Copy Share Image
“Nonsense, child! Nature never makes a ferret in the shape of a mastiff. You’ll never persuade me that I can’t tell what… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Buddhist philosophy points out that the true nature of all forms is essentially formless. Forms do not have an existence of their… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that… — Giorgio Vasari Copy Share Image
...reasonable natures have free will, and can turn to the good or the bad voluntarily by themselves. They either attach themselves to… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
I prove the supreme law of Gods and sky, And the primordial germs of things unfold, Whence Nature all creates, and multiplies… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
But sometimes, maybe most times, it isn't that clear. It is dark and you are near the edge of a cliff, but… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“The time has come for you, your Tribe, and all First Peoples. Together, you must learn, remember, and teach the languages, songs,… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
“A lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath a burden which… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“You come from the heart of nature, but then you put houses, cars, computers, etc., between yourself and nature. Why are you… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Vespers In your extended absence, you permit me use of earth, anticipating some return on investment. I must report failure in my… — Louise Gluck Copy Share Image
“XXXIV My Dreams* I can’t sleep but they can. Dreams are alive with the weeping dead. No place on earth was found… — Michael Bee Copy Share Image
It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
I won't deny the polemical elements in my work, but they are less in the service of attempting to reform human behavior… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
“I want you to know that love is not a person. It is not of this earth at all. It wasn't until… — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
“We're on this earth for a limited amount of time," he says, leaning on the edge of the window. "But if we… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Was he a bad man or just a foolish one? He didn't feel bad to himself. As a husband he believed himself… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Faith is something designed by Allah the almighty and it cannot be altered or changed by anyone. it is destined to each… — Lamin Sarjo Njie Copy Share Image
From the gardener's point of view, November can be the worst month to be faced: Nature is winding things down, the air… — H. Peter Loewer Copy Share Image
“Ecologically considered, it is not primarily our verbal statements that are "true" or "false," but rather the kind of relations that we… — David Abram Copy Share Image
In our culture of constant access and nonstop media, nothing feels more like a curse from God than time in the wilderness.… — Jonathan Martin Copy Share Image
“discrimination had to be justified by “scientific” evidence showing that human nature differs according to age, gender, and “race.” Until the 1700s,… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
“It was a color I didn't realize the earth could make without the help of human beings. I knew the water would… — Margot Berwin Copy Share Image
The natural/supernatural distinction itself, and the near-equation of 'supernatural' with 'superstition', are scarecrows that Enlightenment thought has erected in its fields to… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We humans are in such a strange position—we are still animals whose behavior reflects that of our ancestors, yet we are unique—unlike… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but Fate and Nature. Blind metaphysical necessity, which is certainly the same… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“It was not his nature to believe that he should engage in any kind of meddling or become actively involved in politics.… — Carola Giedion-Welcker Copy Share Image
“Since I've moved here a Chinese takeaway on the main street has ominiously renamed itself from whatever it was before to the… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
“Many people believe that if something comes from nature, it must be better than something synthetically made. Hence, the all-too-common (and meaningless)… — Michael Matthews Copy Share Image
Looking around the world at these wildlife, it's abundantly clear that humans have benefited from nature in so many ways but have… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable… — Veerappa Moily Copy Share Image
“Knowledge empowers people with our most powerful tool: the ability to think and decide. There is no power for change greater than… — Seymour Simon Copy Share Image
We're so enamored of technological advancements that we fail to think about how to best apply those technologies to what we're trying… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
