Atheism Quote by James Randi

Nature does not always conform to our predispositions and preferences, to what we deem comfortable and easy to understand.

— Carl Sagan

“This is the basic lesson of evolutionary psychology: a need shaped in the wild continues to be felt subjectively even if it is no…

— Yuval Noah Harari

My father so appropriately put it that we are certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as…

— Louise Leakey

Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.

— Jared Diamond

Nature does not have to insist.

— Laozi

Nature is always trying to tell us that we are not so superior or independent or alone or autonomous as we may think.

— Wendell Berry

We are so fond of being out among nature, because it has no opinions about us.

— Anonymous

Nature does nothing in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes.

— Isaac Newton

We can understand, too, that natural species are chosen not because they are 'good to eat' but because they are 'good to think.'

— Levi Strauss

“Our common preference as a species is for difference rather than unity. (Vive la différence. Vive la guerre.) Nobody designed us to be this…

— Thomas Ligotti

Because we are intelligent creatures-meaning that we are freed from instinctive and patterned behavior to a degree unparalleled in the animal kingdom-we are capable…

— Willard Gaylin

We understand nature by resisting it.

— Gaston Bachelard