Nature Quotes · Page 277

Have as much good nature as good sense since they generally are companions.

— William Wycherley

Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.

— William Whewell

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.

— Pedro Calderon De La Barca

“dragonflies circled me, the sun knifing off the brilliant blues and yellows of their bodies.”

— Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he.

— Robert Burns

There is nothing alive more agonized than man / of all that breathe and crawl across the earth.

— Homer

Between the earth and the Sky Above, Nothing can match a Grandmother's Love...

— Anonymous

In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.

— Edgar Allan Poe

I like being to the point. It is not my nature to talk too much or indulge in loose talk. I like…

— Mohammad Azharuddin

Just-poached vegetables show off their natural attributes and taste fresh and light in a way you never get with roasting or frying.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

“To-day is the day of wealth. Wealth now is power as it never was power before—it commands earth and sea and sky.…

— H.G. Wells

If we would have our citizens contented and law-abiding, we must not sow the seeds of discontent in childhood by denying children…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“By the sandy water I breathe in the odor of the sea, From there the wind comes and blows over the world,…

— Jane Bierhorst

Show us not the aim without the way. For ends and means on earth are so entangled That changing one, you change…

— Arthur Koestler

He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love…

— Flannery O'Connor

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. The nice…

— Henry A. Kissinger

There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of man-made evolution, every dog is…

— Neil Gaiman

“It is only through silent awareness that our physical and mental nature can change. This change is completely spontaneous. If we make…

— Jean Klein

It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty,…

— David G. McAfee

“Back home, Huxley drew from this experience to compose a series of audacious attacks against the Romantic love of wilderness. The worship…

— Robert Moor

“Imagine if you were the last Shadowhunter left on earth, imagine if all your family and friends were dead, imagine if there…

— Cassandra Clare

“Tout le monde s’habitue. C’est dans la nature humaine.On s’habitue à voir l’inhabituel, on s’habitue à vivre des choses dérangeantes, on s’habitue…

— Anonymous

“Holding a worn Bible, he read from Paul's letter to the Corinthians about the true nature of love - what it is,…

— Lisa Wingate

If a man is able to submit himself to nature, then nature will react to his needs. Almighty nature is all powerful…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man.

— Alanis Morissette

Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.

— Thomas Hobbes

Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.

— Robert Browning

For me it comes down to one thing: I'm trying to follow my own nature.

— Vanessa Veselka

I love the idea of giving up the vengeful nature that so many of us have.

— Mandy Patinkin

“First of all, and before any creature was, God made heaven and earth out of nothing.”

— E.C. Marsh

“You have to change your environment to serve your purpose.”

— Ehab Atalla

Life is one of those experiments meant to be conducted in a stimulating, messy environment

— Sara Zarr Tara Altebrando

When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.

— Osama bin Laden

Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.

— Martin Luther

“The beauty of this world is fading all too fast through the cruelty and thoughtlessness of men.”

— Julie C. Dao

“If bees die, people will die. Only ignorance never dies! ("Why step out of nature ?")”

— Erik Pevernagie

First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

I am not by nature the kind of creator who is transgressive in order to be transgressive.

— Neil Gaiman

Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature

— Luther Burbank

Until we understand the essence and difference between religion and nature, reality will always elude us.

— Kemmy Nola