Quotes about nature
nature law perfect
Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires. Marquis de Sade
nature reality creation
Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates. Marquis de Sade
nature turns seasons
To one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, seems the loveliest. Mark Twain
nature grace passing-away
Each season brings a world of enjoyment and interest in the watching of its unfolding, its gradual harmonious development, its culminating graces-and just as one begins to tire of it, it passes away and a radical change comes, with new witcheries and new glories in its train. Mark Twain
nature miracle
Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with. Mark Twain
nature men thinking
It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things. Nicholas Sparks
nature heart simple
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. Mikhail Lermontov
nature men age
Our age is one of guided missiles and unguided men. Martin Luther King, Jr.
nature kids people
Kids are natural little outdoor people. It is we, the adults, who turn them into indoor people. If you don't get of fyour computer, why should they? Mark Jenkins
nature kids worry
Stop worrying about whether they can handle it. You want the truth? Your kid is hardier than you are... Kids are tough. Mark Jenkins
nature kids responsibility
Give your kids responsibility. Once outside, let them lead, who cares if you get lost; it might be the best trip you've ever had. Mark Jenkins
nature destiny men
Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny. Neil Armstrong
nature war science
Our problem is that the climate crisis hatched in our laps at a moment in history when political and social conditions were uniquely hostile to a problem of this nature and magnitude-that moment being the tail end of the go-go '80s, the blastoff point for the crusade to spread deregulated capitalism around the world. Climate change is a collective problem demanding collective action the likes of which humanity has never actually accomplished. Yet it entered mainstream consciousness in the midst of an ideological war being waged on the very idea of the collective sphere. Naomi Klein
nature class society
We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be. R. D. Laing
nature book reading
Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind. R. Buckminster Fuller
nature space eight
Our little Spaceship Earth is only eight thousand miles in diameter, which is almost a negligible dimension in the great vastness of space. R. Buckminster Fuller
nature trying hardship
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment. R. Buckminster Fuller
nature educational struggle
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. R. Buckminster Fuller
nature invention lacking
In her (nature's) inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous. Leonardo da Vinci
nature travel eye
Of several bodies all equally larger and distant, that most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and largest. Leonardo da Vinci
nature travel differences
When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of the trees and the buildings being illuminated by the brightness of the atmosphere which surrounds the objects in such a way that the shadows are few, and these few fade away so that their outline is lost in haze. Leonardo da Vinci
nature travel variation
Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that there would not be one that resembles another, and not only plants as a whole, but among their branches, leaves and fruit, will not be found one which is precisely like another. Leonardo da Vinci
nature travel home
What induces you, oh man, to depart from your home in town, to leave parents and friends, and go to the countryside over mountains and valleys, if it is not for the beauty of the world of nature? Leonardo da Vinci
nature travel sea
Of the four elements water is the second in weight and the second in respect of mobility. It is never at rest until it unites with the sea... Leonardo da Vinci
nature travel giving
If you throw a stone in a pond... the waves which strike against the shores are thrown back towards the spot where the stone struck; and on meeting other waves they never intercept each other's course... In a small pond one and the same stroke gives birth to many motions of advance and recoil. Leonardo da Vinci
nature travel air
To speak of this subject you must... explain the nature of the resistance of the air, in the second the anatomy of the bird and its wings, in the third the method of working the wings in their various movements, in the fourth the power of the wings and the tail when the wings are not being moved and when the wind is favourable to serve as guide in various movements. Leonardo da Vinci
nature air water
Nothing will be left, Nothing in the air, nothing under the earth, nothing in the waters. All will be exterminated. Leonardo da Vinci
nature science law
Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law. Leonardo da Vinci
nature genius masters
Nature alone is the master of true genius. Leonardo da Vinci
nature causes produce
Given the cause nature produces the effect in the briefest manner that it can employ. Leonardo da Vinci
nature done way
Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way. Leonardo da Vinci
nature law order
Nature is constrained by the cause of her laws which dwell inborn in her. Variant: Nature is constrained by the order of her own law which lives and works within her. Leonardo da Vinci
nature mistress guides
Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Leonardo da Vinci