--- title: "12 Nature Desire Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Nature Desire quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Nature Desire sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/aristotle-78_desire_all-men-by-nature-desire-knowledge-14140_1414069.png" --- > [All men by nature desire knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-by-nature-desire-knowledge/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/aristotle-78_desire_all-men-by-nature-desire-knowledge-14140_1414069.png) > [All men by nature desire to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-by-nature-desire-to-know/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/aristotle-78_desire_all-men-by-nature-desire-to-know-17488_17488.png) > [“Metalogic: Men by nature desire not to know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabah-carrim/metalogic-men-by-nature-desire-not-to-know/) [Sabah Carrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabah-carrim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/sabah-carrim-42333_desire_metalogic-men-by-nature-desire-not-to-kn_2488479.jpg) > [“The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/the-deepest-urge-in-human-nature-is-the-desire-to-be-important/) [John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/john-dewey-545_desire_the-deepest-urge-in-human-nature-is-the_1852.png) > [This is part of human nature, the desire to change consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/this-is-part-of-human-nature-the-desire-to-change-consciousness/) [Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/michael-pollan-408_change_this-is-part-of-human-nature-the-desire_49257.png) > [It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-is-of-the-nature-of-desire-not-to-be-satisfied-and-most-men-live/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/aristotle-78_desire_it-is-of-the-nature-of-desire-not-to-be_1742280.png) > [All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-by-nature-desire-to-know-an-indication-of-this-is-the-delight/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/aristotle-78_delight_all-men-by-nature-desire-to-know-an-indi_1351627.png) > [It is the thing that is most remote from the world in which we ourselves live that attracts us most. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-waugh/it-is-the-thing-that-is-most-remote-from-the-world-in-which-we/) [Alec Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-waugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/alec-waugh-39652_desire_it-is-the-thing-that-is-most-remote-from_2752347.jpg) > [All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marquis-de-sade/all-all-is-theft-all-is-unceasing-and-rigorous-competition-in-nature/) [Marquis de Sade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marquis-de-sade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/marquis-de-sade-1964_competition_all-all-is-theft-all-is-unceasing-and-ri_2071906.jpg) > [Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adi-shankara/each-thing-tends-to-move-towards-its-own-nature-i-always-desire/) [Adi Shankara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adi-shankara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c51/adi-shankara-23696_burden_each-thing-tends-to-move-towards-its-own_193639.jpg) > [If only nature is real and if, in nature, only desire and destruction are legitimate, then, in that all humanity does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/if-only-nature-is-real-and-if-in-nature-only-desire-and-destruction/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/albert-camus-47_annihilation_if-only-nature-is-real-and-if-in-nature_1207008.jpg) > [And when you, O human, will return to Nature, that day your eyes will open, you will stare straight into the eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-d-gordon/and-when-you-o-human-will-return-to-nature-that-day-your-eyes-will/) [A. D. Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-d-gordon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8c/a-d-gordon-48193_desire_and-when-you-o-human-will-return-to-natu_3187600.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature-desire/#itemlist", "name": "Nature Desire Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All men by nature desire knowledge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristotle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-by-nature-desire-knowledge/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/aristotle-78_desire_all-men-by-nature-desire-knowledge-14140_1414069.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/aristotle-78_desire_all-men-by-nature-desire-knowledge-14140_1414069.png", "url": 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