Nature Quotes

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. (Marcus Aurelius)
The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal. View quote
Cicero
Everything in excess is opposed to nature. View quote
Hippocrates
Nature creates nothing without a purpose. View quote
Aristotle
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. View quote
Robert G. Ingersoll
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity. (15) View quote
Epicurus
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. View quote
Laozi
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. View quote
Aristotle
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. View quote
Epictetus
By nature, men are nearly alike by practice, they get to be wide apart. (Confucius)
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. View quote
Epictetus
To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Custom is almost second nature. View quote
Plutarch
All art is an imitation of nature. View quote
Seneca
I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. View quote
Stephen Hawking
All men by nature desire to know. View quote
Aristotle
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back. View quote
Horace
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. View quote
Livy
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. View quote
Xun Zi
Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind. (Patañjali)
But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature ever seeks an end. View quote
Aristotle
We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature. View quote
Plutarch
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. View quote
Ingrid Bergman
Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. View quote
John Updike
📖 Nature Proverbs