Benevolent Quote by Margaret Atwood Download Open image “Some people mistakenly think nature is very nice and benevolent and never betrays.” — Margaret Atwood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Benevolent Nature Never Nice People Think
We are not apart from nature, we are a part of nature. And to betray nature is to betray us. To save nature is… — Prince Ea Copy Share Image
Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that cannot be… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be… — Horace Copy Share Image
“The very pathetic myth of "beneficent nature" could not deceive even the least wise being if he once saw for himself the iron cruelty of life in the tropics. Of course "nature"-- in common parlance a wholly inaccurate term, by the way, especially when used as if to express a single entity--is entirely ruthless, no less so as regards types… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
It has been my experience that people who are at cross-purposes with nature are cynical about mankind and ill at ease with themselves. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Just as a person who is always asserting that he is too good-natured is the very one from whom to expect, on some occasion,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you. — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others, and, consequently,… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the… — margaret atwood Copy Share Image
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Intelligent Design opens the whole possibility of us being created in the image of a benevolent God. — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
The soul of the truly benevolent man does not seem to reside much in his own body. Its life, to a great extent, is… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I worship nothing. Not a good lie nor a dark one. If nature is proof of God's amazing creation then I have truly seen… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
What am I writing for anyway? Is it like dreaming? Is it a benevolent process? Something that moves the past forward? And what about… — Selima Hill Copy Share Image
The Jews looked for a special savior, a messiah, who was to redeem mankind by the agreeable process of restoring the fabulous glories of… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
“My creed on the subject of slavery is short. Slavery per se is not sin. It is a social condition ordained from the beginning… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: “Merry Christmas”-not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
... so large a portion of those who hold much capital, instead of using their various advantages for the greatest good of those around… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
