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. Alexander Hamilton on nature
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. Henry Ward Beecher on nature
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. Alexander Hamilton on nature
To feel much for others and little for ourselves to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. Adam Smith on nature
We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Patrick Henry on nature
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. Leo Tolstoy on nature
There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by the nature of the word itself play closer to the vest. They do not go around hot dogging it. Clint Eastwood on nature
Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. Victor Hugo on nature
We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings. Franklin D. Roosevelt on nature
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason. Leonardo da Vinci on nature
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. William James on nature
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. Leonardo da Vinci on nature
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. Soren Kierkegaard on nature
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? Henry Ward Beecher on nature
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature. Lucius Annaeus Seneca on nature
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. Niccolo Machiavelli on nature