Quotes About Nature

Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.

One thing you cannot control is nature.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.

God is a being of transcendent and unlimited perfections: his nature therefore is incomprehensible to finite spirits.

No matter how often you knock at nature's door, she won't answer in words you can understand--for Nature is dumb. She'll vibrate and moan like a violin, but you mustn't expect a song.

Man prides himself on being the only animal who can modify his nature, yet when he chooses to do so he is called a phony.

In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.

The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we.

To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one's true nature. Realization of one's true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.

It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.

One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

The Divine Plan is one of Freedom. The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living soul.

The Waters are Nature's storehouse in which she locks up her wonders.

God put a secret art into the forces of Nature so as to enable it to fashion itself out of chaos into a perfect world system.

The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.

Photography is nature seen from the eyes outwards. Painting is nature seen from the eyes inwards.

Allow nature to teach you stillness.