Quotes About Nature

When man violates man's laws, we send him to jail and point the finger of scorn at him. When he violates nature's laws, we send him to a hospital, give him flowers, and feel sorry for him.

The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate of chemical reaction.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love.

Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.

Music represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.

Only those who want nothing are masters of Nature.

Let him who elevates himself above humanity . . . say, if he pleases, "I will never compromise"; but let no one who is not above the frailties of our common nature disdain compromise.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

When we return wild animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs. For man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away.

The universe is not in a steady state; there's an ongoing creative principle in nature, which is driving things onwards.

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.

Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.

It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat.

Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too has a soul.

Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy.

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.

We shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence save to serve man.

Those who believe the Author of Nature to be also the Author of Scripture must expect to find in Scripture the same sorts of difficulties that they find in Nature.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Remember you belong to nature, not it to you.