We are slaves in the hands of nature - slaves to a bit of bread, slaves to praise, slaves to blame, slaves… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Our Western science, ever since the 17th century, has been obsessed with the notion of control, of man dominating nature. This obsession… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“if [God] doesn't exist, man is the chief of the earth, of the universe. Magnificent! Only how is he going to be… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It is indeed strange that we find it so difficult to welcome...the blissful nature of the loss of the power of selfhood—a… — Leo Bersani Copy Share Image
“The fat man looked amused. "What on earth for?" he said. "I never have any contact with writers. If I do, they… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing I do best.… — Valeria Golino Copy Share Image
“At bottom, you see, we are not Homo sapiens as all. Our core is madness. The prime directive is murder. What Darwin… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I love going out of my way, beyond what I know, and finding my way back a few extra miles, by another… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Our knowledge of stars and interstellar matter must be based primarily on the electromagnetic radiation which reaches us. Nature has thoughtfully provided… — Lyman Spitzer Copy Share Image
“It's just human, or inhuman, nature: People will find a way to make a big deal out of their differences-the smaller, the… — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
“In that house I built a bonfire that illuminated the fecund earth around it. And in that split-level my friend Tommy, only… — B.J. Ward Copy Share Image
“We have long laboured under an obtuse presupposition that the senses by which other living creatures perceive their world must to a… — Gavin Maxwell Copy Share Image
“All his life he had controlled machines, bent nature and the forces of nature to man and man's needs. The human race… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“Because the democratic process operates apart from the Church, it possesses no corrective against corrupted human nature beyond its own equally corrupt… — Solange Hertz Copy Share Image
Entrust yourself entirely to God. He is a Father and a most loving Father at that, who would rather let heaven and… — Paul of the Cross Copy Share Image
Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
There is nothing attractive about the gospel to the natural man; the only man who finds the gospel attractive is the man… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but the sword.… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
We have a creative drive, but not all creative experiments are successful. In nature, there are many lineages of organisms that you… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
What keeps things going, what sustains families, what makes work meaningful, what contributes to our wellbeing and what really connects us to… — Ed Mayo Copy Share Image
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All it takes for generosity to flow is awareness. By actively pursuing awareness and knowledge, we can make choices that cause less… — Zoe Weil Copy Share Image
“Prove to me that you are right. Prove to me that you are more right than God. Nothing on earth would do… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“How do we, like Walt, permit our own true natures to speak? How do we strip ourselves of prejudices, habits, influences? The… — N.H. Kleinbaum Copy Share Image
The shape of the heaven is of necessity spherical; for that is the shape most appropriate to its substance and also by… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“So much has religion done for me; turning the original materials to the best account; pruning and training nature. But she could… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Motherly love - putting the care of children before every other consideration - is the ultimate intelligence of nature. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Don't be afraid, your majesty... Don't be afraid, your majesty, the blood has long since drained away into the earth and grapes… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As one scientist puts it, we can now assume that just as children need good nutrition and adequate sleep, they may very… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some… — Alfred Austin Copy Share Image
“I am a man who walks the earth with a devil at his side; in order to drive him away or to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
By nature, it's impossible to describe enlightenment! How do you plan on sharing your enlightenment? Hahaha, that's impossible. Wake up! That'll be… — Osamu Tezuka Copy Share Image
“This is the first place I have worked that is going to change the world,” Blankenship said, taking a jab at the… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows That for oblivion take their daily birth From all the fuming vanities of earth. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“To base the unexplainabilty and the immense wonder of nature onto an other miracle (God) is unnecessary and not acceptable for any… — Fritz Zwicky Copy Share Image
I am inspired when I see goodness in other people. I am inspired by hard work and honesty. And I am inspired… — Tricia Helfer Copy Share Image