Own Nature Quotes

157 Own Nature quotes by 115 unique authors

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue. — Mary Astell
To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love, occurs in such… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. — Henry Ward Beecher
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. — Henri Frederic Amiel
The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature. — John Calvin
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. — Baruch Spinoza
If you live the life you love, you will receive shelter and blessings. Sometimes the great famine of blessings in and around us derives from… — John O'Donohue
Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature. — Dennis Gabor
Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity,… — Jack Kornfield
The great object of Education should be commensurate with the object of life. It should be a moral one; to teach self-trust: to inspire the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Evil men by their own nature cannot ever prosper. — Euripides
Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he… — Joseph Campbell
Joy needs no object; it is our own nature. — Sathya Sai Baba
Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows uniformly and by another name… — Isaac Newton
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this… — Louis Agassiz
Never follow anybody else`s idea - that is very dangerous because you will become imitative. Always follow your own nature, self-nature; only then will you… — Rajneesh
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing… — Henri Frederic Amiel
When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in it, you find… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Happiness is self-generated. It depends on one's attitude of mind. The basis of happiness, is the simple fact that the deepest reality of our own… — Goswami Kriyananda
The age of leaders has come and gone. You must be your own leader now. You must contain the spirit of our time in your… — Laurens van der Post
The only nature I'm interested in is my own nature. — Aaron Siskind
Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to… — Adi Shankara
Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?… — Albert Einstein
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform… — Laozi

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