Nature Quotes

To understand water is to understand the cosmos, the marvels of nature, and life itself.

Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.

For so work the honey bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.

The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

We must find our way back to true nature. We must set ourselves to the task of revitalizing the earth. Regreening the earth, sowing seeds in the desert--that is the path society must follow.

When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally.

What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.

God did not die. The God who took on Himself a human nature died in His humanity, but the deity did not perish on the cross.

All the effects of Nature are only the mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws.

Young leaves The sound of a waterfall Heard from far and near.

All men, among themselves, are by nature equal. The inequality we now discern hath its spring from the civil law.

It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

When we destroy something crated by man we call it vandalism but when we destroy something by nature we call it progress.

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of genetic manipulation, nature versus nurture, what constitutes how people get to be how they are.

Help Nature and work on with her; and Nature will regard thee as one of her creators . . . she will lay bare before thy gaze the treasures hidden in the depths of her pure virgin bosom.

The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?

Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.

Love is nature's psychotherapy.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

It is characteristic of the emotions of the very young infant that they are of an extreme and powerful nature.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.

A lighthouse is not interested in who gets its light! It just gives it without thinking! Giving light is its nature!

I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.

Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.

Nature is to zoos as God is to churches.

The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.

Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

But the nature of the universe is such that ends can never justify means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.

Your True Nature Is Love. There's Nothing You Can Do About It.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.

It is an enduring truth, which can never be altered, that every infraction of the Law of nature must carry its punitive consequences with it. We can never get beyond that range of cause and effect.

To believe that you depend on things and people for happiness is due to ignorance of your true nature; to know that you need nothing to be happy, except Self-knowledge, is wisdom.

To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

All beings are by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas.

Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.

Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone to resist the first approaches of tyranny.

Slow Food unites the pleasure of food with responsibility, sustainability and harmony with nature.