--- title: "15 Nature Quotes By VD" description: "15 Nature quotes by VD. Plus more from VD and more Nature sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/vd-2157_nature_matters-of-the-world-are-dealt-with-more_2379914.jpg" --- > [“Matters of the world are dealt with more vigor and effectiveness when one views them as the right of nature instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/matters-of-the-world-are-dealt-with-more-vigor-and-effectiveness-when/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/vd-2157_nature_matters-of-the-world-are-dealt-with-more_2379914.jpg) > [“A method to understand one's true nature is by going back in time to one’s earliest memories, the roots of one’s mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/a-method-to-understand-one-s-true-nature-is-by-going-back-in-time-to/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/vd-2157_learning_a-method-to-understand-one-s-true-nature_1034402.jpg) > [“By suffering, one is shown a path to awareness. Along that path is where we are truly born. When we choose to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/by-suffering-one-is-shown-a-path-to-awareness-along-that-path-is-2/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/vd-2157_buddhism_by-suffering-one-is-shown-a-path-to-awar_2852733.jpg) > [“Suffering offers a path to awareness. Awareness allows us to be truly born. When one is born, one is able to then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/suffering-offers-a-path-to-awareness-awareness-allows-us-to-be-truly/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/vd-2157_awareness_suffering-offers-a-path-to-awareness-awa_71758.jpg) > [“Just as the universe learns about itself through the creative expression of nature, its instruments, so do we. That's why freedom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself-through-the-creative-2/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/vd-2157_creative-expression_just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself_1163787.jpg) > [“One path to understanding one's true nature is by going back in time to one’s earliest memories, the roots of one’s mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/one-path-to-understanding-one-s-true-nature-is-by-going-back-in-time/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/vd-2157_nature_one-path-to-understanding-one-s-true-nat_482914.jpg) > [“One way to understand one's true nature is by going back in time to one’s earliest memories, the roots of one’s mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/one-way-to-understand-one-s-true-nature-is-by-going-back-in-time-to/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/vd-2157_nature_one-way-to-understand-one-s-true-nature_1473278.jpg) > [“Suffering offers a path to awareness. Awareness allows us to be re-born. Being re-born, one is able to let go of suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/suffering-offers-a-path-to-awareness-awareness-allows-us-to-be-re/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/vd-2157_buddhism_suffering-offers-a-path-to-awareness-awa_950196.jpg) > [“Just as the universe learns about itself through the creative expression of nature, its instruments, so do we. That's why freedom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself-through-the-creative-4/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/vd-2157_creative-expression_just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself_2101274.jpg) > [“Just as the universe learns about itself through the creative expression of nature, its instruments, so do we. That's why freedom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself-through-the-creative-3/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/vd-2157_creative-expression_just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself_1733923.jpg) > [“The Buddha grew up in a relatively well-to-do family. although there were some fucked up moments, his childhood was filled with lots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/the-buddha-grew-up-in-a-relatively-well-to-do-family-although-there/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/vd-2157_childhood_the-buddha-grew-up-in-a-relatively-well_1825849.jpg) > [“Just as the universe learns about itself through the creative expression of nature, its instruments, so do we. That's why freedom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself-through-the-creative/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/vd-2157_creative-expression_just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself_681895.jpg) > [“Just as the universe learns about itself through the creative expression of nature, so do we. Freedom of expression is not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself-through-the-creative-5/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/vd-2157_creative-expression_just-as-the-universe-learns-about-itself_2530913.jpg) > [“One way to understand one's true nature is by going back in time to one’s earliest memories, the roots of one’s mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/one-way-to-understand-one-s-true-nature-is-by-going-back-in-time-to-3/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/vd-2157_nature_one-way-to-understand-one-s-true-nature_2006872.jpg) > [“One way to understand one's true nature is by going back in time to one’s earliest memories, the roots of one’s mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/one-way-to-understand-one-s-true-nature-is-by-going-back-in-time-to-2/) VD [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/vd-2157_nature_one-way-to-understand-one-s-true-nature_1658155.jpg) ## Other authors on Nature - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 452 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 385 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-muir-51985.jpg) John Muir 133 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/john-muir/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 133 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 130 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 125 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 121 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-50782.jpg) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 120 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 119 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 117 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcus-aurelius-63282.jpg) Marcus Aurelius 116 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/marcus-aurelius/) ## More by VD > [“one is like a seed that had fallen from the stars burning with the light of pure potential the map to one's destiny is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/one-is-like-a-seed-that-had-fallen-from-the-stars-burning-with-the/) VD > [“Suffering offers a path to awareness. Awareness allows us to be truly born. When one is born, one is able to then able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/suffering-offers-a-path-to-awareness-awareness-allows-us-to-be-truly/) VD > [“One of the greatest offenses inflicted on Man is castration.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/one-of-the-greatest-offenses-inflicted-on-man-is-castration/) VD > [“Greater skill and value is found in creating a myth than it is to awkwardly present the truth subjectively, or raw form. It doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/greater-skill-and-value-is-found-in-creating-a-myth-than-it-is-to/) VD > [“Reality has a tendency to reveal itself when man is idle, and so it is because of this that idleness is often regarded as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/reality-has-a-tendency-to-reveal-itself-when-man-is-idle-and-so-it-is/) VD > [“True glory and the essence of life lies in the pro-creation and re-actment of heroic meaning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/true-glory-and-the-essence-of-life-lies-in-the-pro-creation-and-re/) VD > [“Love can be found, but true love has to be built.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/love-can-be-found-but-true-love-has-to-be-built/) VD > [“One of the greatest offenses that can be inflicted on Man from birth is castration.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/one-of-the-greatest-offenses-that-can-be-inflicted-on-man-from-birth/) VD > [“There are no good films today because the gods all have succumbed to the fangs of the serpent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/there-are-no-good-films-today-because-the-gods-all-have-succumbed-to/) VD > [“Myths are reality, born out of space.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/myths-are-reality-born-out-of-space/) VD > [“I have a tendency to like people right up until the point when I get to know them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/i-have-a-tendency-to-like-people-right-up-until-the-point-when-i-get/) VD > [“Some men return to their past, so that new forces may arise for the reconquest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/some-men-return-to-their-past-so-that-new-forces-may-arise-for-the/) VD > [“The culture of the future will be one that will not involve the aristocracy, peasants, merchants or ownership of land, for these will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/the-culture-of-the-future-will-be-one-that-will-not-involve-the/) VD > [“Superior men spend their time off contemplating the meaning of life. They are in a perpetual quest for truth and understanding in themselves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/superior-men-spend-their-time-off-contemplating-the-meaning-of-life/) VD > [“There are hardly films of substance to be found today because the gods have all succumbed to the fangs of the serpent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/there-are-hardly-films-of-substance-to-be-found-today-because-the/) VD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/vd/#itemlist", "name": "15 Nature Quotes By VD", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Matters of the world are dealt with more vigor and effectiveness when one views them as the right of nature instead of the superficiality of politics.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "VD" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vd/matters-of-the-world-are-dealt-with-more-vigor-and-effectiveness-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/vd-2157_nature_matters-of-the-world-are-dealt-with-more_2379914.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/vd-2157_nature_matters-of-the-world-are-dealt-with-more_2379914.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/vd-2157_nature_matters-of-the-world-are-dealt-with-more_2379914.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Matters of the world are dealt with more vigor and effectiveness when one views them as the right of nature…” — VD", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A method to understand one's true nature is by going back in time to one’s earliest memories, the roots of one’s mind. 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