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To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. — Max Beerbohm
Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature. — Ezra Taft Benson
Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's. — Ezra Taft Benson
That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the… — John Berger
Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed conquered nature through… — John Berger
The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had… — Cyrano de Bergerac
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. — Ingrid Bergman
The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use,… — Alfred Adler
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the… — Andrew Bernstein
The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of… — Andrew Bernstein
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer… — Wendell Berry
The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it… — Wendell Berry
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. — Wendell Berry
I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the… — Wendell Berry
Annual plants are nature's emergency medical service, seeded in sounds and scars to hold the land until the perennial cover is re-established. — Wendell Berry
If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for… — Wendell Berry
Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. — Annie Besant
The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and greater faculties. And so the… — Annie Besant
Beauty is no dead thing. It is the manifestation of God in nature. There is not one object in nature untouched by man that is… — Annie Besant
No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do… — Annie Besant
One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature of the material… — Annie Besant
The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and thus almost indefinitely strengthened, but… — Annie Besant
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer… — Henry Beston
If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order. — Vinoba Bhave
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. — Ambrose Bierce

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