Nature Quotes - page 3

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. (Edmund Burke)
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' View quote
Edgar Allan Poe
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased. View quote
Alexander Hamilton
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. View quote
Samuel Johnson
Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which humans communicate than by the content of the communication. View quote
Marshall McLuhan
Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature with the most generality and the greatest simplicity are very elegant and subtle. View quote
Edward Witten
My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature. View quote
Hans Hofmann
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. View quote
Laurence Sterne
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. View quote
Dale Carnegie
All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. View quote
Thomas Browne
God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible. (James Clavell)
Nature is never finished. View quote
Robert Smithson
The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself. View quote
Leon Trotsky
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. View quote
E. B. White
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies. View quote
Arthur Schopenhauer
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. View quote
William Wordsworth
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythms, by effort that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. View quote
Henri Matisse
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. View quote
Frank Lloyd Wright
If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them. View quote
Baron d'Holbach
I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves. View quote
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. (Albert Einstein)
Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away. View quote
Laurence J. Peter
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility. View quote
Arnold J. Toynbee
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt. View quote
Tacitus
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