Nature Quotes

There is no such passion in human nature, as the passion for gravy among commercial gentlemen.

Colors do not exist separately and independently within nature; they are constantly shifting in response to subtle gradations of light. It is language that, magnificently, gives them clear shape.

Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature's cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception.

Only when the habit of one's consciousness to see in paintings bits of nature, madonnas and shameless nudes... has disappeared, shall we see a pure painting composition.

I think midwifery was developed by people with common sense, people who were close to nature, and people who observed other species of mammals and saw that there were lessons there to be learned.

The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.

A flower touches everyone's heart.

By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word.

To accomplish artistic work, of any individual worth, nature must be seen through the medium of the artist's intellectual emotions.

Nature can exist without Art, but Art can never exist without Nature.

Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.

Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.

If you're smart or rich or lucky Maybe you'll beat the laws of man But the inner laws of spirit And the outer laws of nature No man can

Man is a predatory animal, and this aspect of his nature is nowhere better suited by environment than in the world of politics.

Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.

Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature are certain not to work, not to glow, not to strike home.

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.

The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.

But just as nature abhors a vacuum -- so does the human heart.

Magic comprises the most profound contemplation of the most secret things, their nature, power, quality, substance, and virtues, as well as the knowledge of their whole nature.

People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.

It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some of the moral sense, which cramps and restrains our nature.

Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

Power is of its nature evil, whoever wields it.

To love my neighbor is to assist the arising and unfolding in him of that which can harmonize the real elements of his nature.

There is no war on terrorism; it is the great game speeded up. The difference is the rampant nature of the superpower, ensuring infinite dangers for us all.

Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work.

The things that I make are that which a person will make. They're not meant to mimic nature. They are nothing but the result of a hand of a person.

When you don't give money, it shows that you have the devil's nature.

To one who has been long in city pent, ’Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.

Obviously, the arrogance of my own nature in regards to other people's work would suggest that I think I'm talented.

All is One (Nature, God)

Nature is satisfied with little; and if she is, I am also.

That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.

Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.

Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or winks at any infringement of her laws.

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature.

It's a very strange thing when you make nature illegal.

The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.

There's a therapeutic aspect to all making, but the nature of working is to compress, condense, and shape stuff, not to just expunge it. It's not just an exorcism.

Nothing in nature is as simple as it sometimes seems when reduced to words.

I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature.

Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.

Each and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature.

If we approach Nature with , it will serve us as our best friend, a friend that won't let us down.

In simple hearts the feeling for the beauty and grandeur of nature is a hundred-fold stronger and more vivid than in us, ecstatic composers of narratives in words and on paper.

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature

It's human nature to abuse power, no matter who you are.

Let us not be afraid of decreasing. It is like the moon, we see the moon increasing and decreasing, but it is always the moon.

Painting isn't a question of sensibility; it's a matter of seizing the power, taking over from nature, not expecting her to supply you with information and good advice.