Human nature Quote by Alan W. Watts

“Nature is not to be conquered, man is.”

— Ayn Rand

“It is a great mistake to say ”Conquer it,” for we can never conquer nature; we can only harmonize with it.”

— Gyomay M. Kubose

Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.

— Terence McKenna

“Nature is just an aspect of what men hope to achieve. But to destroy nature is the true victory of hell”

— Phoenix Z Courtney

We reduce things to mere Nature in order that we may "conquer" them.

— C. S. Lewis

“let us keep to the way which Nature has mapped out for us, and let us not swerve therefrom. If we follow Nature, all…

— Seneca

We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a…

— Rachel Carson

Man must conquer nature.

— Mao Zedong

Humans have occupied a position in nature that they should not. It is impossible for humans to conquer nature.

— Svetlana Alexievich

This notion that man can, and should, have absolute dominion over the "chaotic" powers of nature and woman...is what ultimately lies behind man's famous…

— Riane Eisler

To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes.

— Alex Campbell

“Rather than trying to master nature we should start with the basics of trying to understand nature, cooperate with nature.”

— Bryant McGill