--- title: "8 Universe Nature Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Universe Nature quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Universe Nature sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/alasdair-gray-13383_bad-government_only-bad-religions-depend-on-mysteries-j_926030.jpg" --- > [“Only bad religions depend on mysteries, just as bad governments depend on secret police. Truth, beauty and goodness are not mysterious, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alasdair-gray/only-bad-religions-depend-on-mysteries-just-as-bad-governments-depend-2/) [Alasdair Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alasdair-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/alasdair-gray-13383_bad-government_only-bad-religions-depend-on-mysteries-j_926030.jpg) > [The nature of the universe is the nature of things that are. Now, things that are have kinship with things that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-nature-of-the-universe-is-the-nature-of-things-that-are-now/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/marcus-aurelius-139_causes_the-nature-of-the-universe-is-the-nature_1202245.jpg) > [I like the universe and nature. I am inspired a lot by the beauties of nature. I named myself as the sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taeyang/i-like-the-universe-and-nature-i-am-inspired-a-lot-by-the-beauties-of/) [Taeyang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taeyang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/taeyang-14994_astronomy_i-like-the-universe-and-nature-i-am-insp_1206439.png) > [The history of the universe and nature is being told to us by the stars, by the Earth, by the uprising and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-boff/the-history-of-the-universe-and-nature-is-being-told-to-us-by-the/) [Leonardo Boff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-boff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/leonardo-boff-39782_animal_the-history-of-the-universe-and-nature-i_1222455.png) > [This is a general law of the universe, overlooked by science, that out of complexity emerges greater complexity. We could almost say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/this-is-a-general-law-of-the-universe-overlooked-by-science-that-out/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/terence-mckenna-287_complexity_this-is-a-general-law-of-the-universe-ov_2091656.jpg) > [What it means among other things is the more we learn about the nature of the universe, the nature of creation...if we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/what-it-means-among-other-things-is-the-more-we-learn-about-the/) [Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/michael-dowd-45272_christianity_what-it-means-among-other-things-is-the_2095741.jpg) > [“Words are really a mask,' he said. 'They rarely express the true meaning; in fact they tend to hide it. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-serrano/words-are-really-a-mask-he-said-they-rarely-express-the-true-meaning/) [Miguel Serrano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-serrano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/miguel-serrano-42569_nature_words-are-really-a-mask-he-said-they-rar_2524966.jpg) > [Be mindful at all times of the following: the nature of the whole universe, the nature of the part that is me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/be-mindful-at-all-times-of-the-following-the-nature-of-the-whole/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/365/marcus-aurelius-139_all-time_be-mindful-at-all-times-of-the-following_2614975.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/universe-nature/#itemlist", "name": "Universe Nature Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Only bad religions depend on mysteries, just as bad governments depend on secret police. 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