Quotes about nature
nature men united-states
Americans are nature-lovers: but they only admit of nature proofed and corrected by man. Simone de Beauvoir
nature sky roots
It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky. Simone Weil
nature abuse pity
Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
nature children people
We people in camp are merely big children, wayward and changeable. Rutherford B. Hayes
nature clouds together
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony. Ruth Bernhard
nature art ability
What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have. Rudolf Nureyev
nature men hands
Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are governed by the same tendency. Rudolf Arnheim
nature looks zen-motorcycle-maintenance
The more you look, the more you will see. Roger Tory Peterson
nature animal wild-places
We don't have to go to wild places to find wildlife. A surprisingly wide range of species can be found in our sities and towns, from familiar animals like the raccoon to more exotic ones like the mountain lion.
nature birds-wings envy
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
nature rain moon
Creation was given to people as a clean window through which the light of God could shine into people's souls. Sun and moon, night and day, rain, sea, the crops, the flowering tree, all these things were transparent. They spoke to people not of themselves but only of Him who made them. Nature was symbolic. But the progressive degradation of humans led them further and further from this truth. Nature became opaque. Thomas Merton
nature lying
Nature admits no lie. Thomas Carlyle
nature men humanity
Man is emphatically a proselytizing creature.
nature parliament newspaper-reporters
That a Parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only.
nature essence breathing
There is a majesty and mystery in nature, take her as you will. The essence of poetry comes breathing to a mind that feels from every province of her empire.
nature our-relationship
Our relationship with nature is more one of being than having. We are nature: we do not have nature. Stephen Harper
nature wilderness enough
If we are willing to be still and open enough to listen, wilderness itself will teach us.
nature oil government
We want to see oil and gas regulations on a continental basis given the integrated nature of this industry, with the current conditions in the oil and gas sector, this government will not consider unilateral regulation.
nature hands wind
God's miracles are to be found in nature itself; the wind and waves, the wood that becomes a tree - all of these are explained biologically, but behind them is the hand of God. Ronald Reagan
nature grace desire
The lily in splendor, the vine in her grace, The fox in the forest, all had their desire, As then I had mine, in the place that was happy and poor. Ruth Pitter
nature heart home
Poor comfort all comfort: once what the mouse had spared Was enough, was delight, there where the heart was at home
nature looks matter
String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect. Roy H. Williams
nature weeping seeing
we are nature. We are nature seeing nature. We are nature with a concept of nature. Nature weeping. Nature speaking of nature to nature. Susan Griffin
nature men air
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall
nature fear koalas
I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. Steve Irwin
nature men secret
If it be true that spirit is involved in Matter and apparent Nature is secret God, then the manifestation in the divine in himself and the realization of God within and without are the highest and most legitimate aim possible to man on earth. Sri Aurobindo
nature natural glorious
Natural things are glorious, and to know them is glorious. Thomas Traherne
nature names purpose
No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious. Thomas Szasz
nature educational men
The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in. Thomas Jefferson
nature men impossible-things
The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures of God. For many have not only look'd upon it, as an impossible thing to compass, but as something impious to attempt. Robert Boyle
nature looks preservation
Nature always looks out for the preservation of the universe.
nature memories reality
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. Toni Morrison
nature native-american owl
We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit. Tom Brown, Jr.