The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall. Helen Garner on nature
Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain. Frank Lloyd Wright on nature
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne on nature
Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God. Alexander Pope on nature
Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use. Alexander Pope on nature
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Alexander Pope on nature
If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy. Kurt Vonnegut on nature
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on. Jacques Yves Cousteau on nature
England has always been disinclined to accept human nature. E. M. Forster on nature
'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.' W. H. Auden on nature
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. Garrison Keillor on nature
Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s. Desiderius Erasmus on nature
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. Marie Curie on nature
If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth. Havelock Ellis on nature
It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. Deepak Chopra on nature
Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government. Paul Ryan on nature
I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid. Richard Russo on nature
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. Jane Austen on nature
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. Jane Austen on nature
Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them. Helen Rowland on nature