Quotes by Nature Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile valleys and craggy mountains recite an epic poem of geologic conflicts. The starry sky reveal gigantic suns and space and time without end. A. E. Douglass epicnaturebook Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid. Aberjhani naturehumanityfear In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations, and when broken hearts bleed pain in darkness without the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss. Aberjhani naturereligiousinspirational Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point Abigail Adams naturebeautifulwind I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature. Abraham Cowley naturestronglife Coy Nature, (which remain'd, though aged grown, Abraham Cowley passionnaturescience Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed Abraham Lincoln words-of-wisdomnatureaction I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being. Abraham Lincoln naturecompassionmeaningful I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. Abraham Lincoln naturecompassionanimal In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress? Abraham Lincoln naturemenpeople The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. --as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS Abraham Lincoln naturedreammemories The powers of nature are never in repose; her work never stands still. Adam Sedgwick hard-worknaturescience Among the older records, we find chapter after chapter of which we can read the characters, and make out their meaning: and as we approach the period of man's creation, our book becomes more clear, and nature seems to speak to us in language so like our own, that we easily comprehend it. But just as we begin to enter on the history of physical changes going on before our eyes, and in which we ourselves bear a part, our chronicle seems to fail us-a leaf has been torn out from nature's record, and the succession of events is almost hidden from our eyes. Adam Sedgwick failurenaturebook Volcanic action is essentially paroxysmal; yet Mr. Lyell will admit no greater paroxysms than we ourselves have witnessed-no periods of feverish spasmodic energy, during which the very framework of nature has been convulsed and torn asunder. The utmost movements that he allows are a slight quivering of her muscular integuments. Adam Sedgwick natureenergyscience Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence. Adam Smith hatenaturejustice When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished. Adam Weishaupt naturegonemen Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to me. Happiness is never a burden to me, whilst sorrow is. Adi Shankara naturehappinessmoving Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans. Adlai E. Stevenson indifferentsurvivalnature We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft. Adlai E. Stevenson naturelovepeace Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls. Adlai E. Stevenson naturemenscience1234567891011»
