Famous Nature Quotes
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
In nature's presence, we are reminded of our interconnectedness with all living beings and the Earth itself.
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can seldom forbear to express their repentance, and their envy of those whom either chance or caution hath withheld from it.
Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.
Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.
Nature's symphony of sights, sounds, and scents is a feast for the senses.
Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.
How sublime to look down on the workhouse of nature, to see her clouds, hail, snow, rain, thunder, all fabricated at our feet!
There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.
In the vastness of nature, we find a reflection of our own infinite potential.
At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.
Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.
Nature's resilience in the face of adversity teaches us the strength and courage to overcome our own challenges.
Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
In the presence of nature's magnificence, our troubles seem insignificant and our spirits are lifted.
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.
Nature's landscapes are like works of art that leave us in awe and wonder.
Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.
In nature, we find peace for our restless souls and inspiration for our creative spirits.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.
They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that ‘one man is as good as another;’ a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
Nature is a powerful healer, offering us peace and restoration.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
Nature… is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.
Nature's winter tableau is a mesmerizing blend of contrasts — the starkness of bare branches against the purity of snow-covered fields, and the softness of animal tracks imprinted on the frozen canvas. Winter, in all its frosty splendor, is a chapter in the book of nature, reminding us of the cyclical rhythm and quiet beauty inherent in the changing seasons.
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
In nature's vastness, we find a reflection of our own limitless potential and boundless spirit.
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
Nature's presence awakens our senses, reminding us to be fully present in the here and now.
Nature never breaks her own laws.
I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
In nature's vastness, we find a humbling reminder of our place in the grand tapestry of the universe.
Water is the driving force of all nature.
After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.
Nature's landscapes are like pages of a living book, inviting us to read and explore its stories.
