Quotes About Nature

All the pictures which science now draws of nature and which alone seem capable of according with observational fact are mathematical pictures…From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician. —Sir James H. Jeans (1877–1946, English physicist, astronomer, and writer)

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature. —Zeno of Elea (490–430 B.C., Greek philosopher)

Islamic tiling pattern of a mosque and structure of the boric acid molecule show how identical shapes interlock in defined, recurring patterns in both art and nature.

The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fairest attunement; all things are born through strife. —Heraclitus (c. 540–c. 480 B.C., Greek philosopher)

He discovered its self-accumulating, self-reproducing nature and gave the spiral a motto (perhaps the only one associated with a geometric shape): Eadem mutato resurgo—Although changed, I arise again the same.

You know, we should all be so lucky as to lie down in the grass in the cool shade, surrounded by people who love us, when it's the end of our lives.

I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet.

We sat on the terrace and talked as the sun slipped into the western sea and the stars filled the sky above us.

Distance makes everything beautiful.

Water is the life-giver and the death-bringer.

Nicholas: One of the oldest secrets of alchemy is that every living thing, from the most complex creatures right down to the simplest leaf, carries the seeds of its creation within itself. Josh: DNA.

It is said that the Magic of Air or Fire or even Earth is the most powerful magic of all. But that is wrong. The Magic of Water surpasses all others, for water is both the lifegiver and the deathbringer.

Dung is more valuable than any precious metal. You cannot grow food in gold.

Green's a good color.

Humans were never meant to be vegetarian," Hel bubbled, her face and fangs black with fluids.

These poor beasts are driven solely by their need to survive and to feed. It is their nature, and their nature has made them predictable. But man, on the other hand, has the capacity to change his nature. Man is the only animal that can destroy the world. Beasts live only in the present, but humans have the capacity to live for the future, to lay down plans for their children and grandchildren, plans that can take years, decades, even centuries, to mature.

the humanity of whales.

the artificial things are as natural as the natural things.

Irrational ideas about nature repeatedly creep into the environmental sciences.

nature gracefully, gradually self-regulates species and environments

environmental apocalypse?

the trouble with renewables isn't fundamentally technical—it's natural.

an important, paradoxical truth: it is only by embracing the artificial that we can save what's natural.

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life's caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known.