Quotes about nature
nature mind made
Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature given all-things
In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature way environment
Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature luxury parent
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effiminated by position of nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature latin flower
Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature art masters
In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature's part. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature eye leaving
"In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life~~no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair." Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature rain doe
The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature individual reckless
Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature heart men
All men are poets at heart. They serve nature for bread, but her loveliness overcomes them sometimes. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature garden firsts
Presently we pass to some other object which rounds itself into a whole as did the first; for example, a well-laid garden; and nothing seems worth doing but the laying~out of gardens. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature flower sky
it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature holiday color
Nature is not always tricked in holiday attire, but the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered as for the frolic of the nymphs, is overspread with melancholy today. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature method
The method of nature: who could ever analyze it? Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature practice doubt
The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. The innocence of the first inquiry—what am I?—is needed throughout Zen practice. The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. It is the kind of mind which can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything. Shunryu Suzuki
nature mean science
The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature. Lewis Thomas
nature dna achievement
The greatest single achievement of nature to date was surely the invention of the molecule DNA. Lewis Thomas
nature believe moving
Without doubt God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it. He directs angels, man, animals, brute matter, in sum all created things, but each according to its nature, and man having been created free, he is freely led. This rule is truly the eternal law and in it we must believe. Joseph de Maistre
nature men circles
There is no man of Nature's worth In the circle of the earth. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature eggs clouds
Genius detects through the fly, through the caterpillar, through the grub, through the egg, the constant individual; through countless individuals the fixed species; through many species the genus; through all genera the steadfast type; through all the kingdoms of organized life the eternal unity. Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature perfection crystals
Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature clouds steadfast
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature men tongue
If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature health garden
When I go into the garden with a spade and dig a bed I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature mean science
Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature goal mind
You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature. Les Brown
nature heart sky
Cold and silence. Nothing quieter than snow. The sky screams to deliver it, a hundred banshees flying on the edge of the blizzard. But once the snow covers the ground, it hushes as still as my heart. Laurie Halse Anderson
nature tree fool
Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree Joyce Kilmer
nature interesting trying
What's most interesting about trying to figure out AI is the questions that it forces you to ask about the nature of consciousness. Oscar Isaac
nature science law
Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. Maria Mitchell
nature health mean
Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster. Paracelsus
nature light invisible
Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature can be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature will become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her in her inner light. Paracelsus
nature punishment faults
Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves. Percy Bysshe Shelley