Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances. Charles Baudelaire on nature
To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. Auguste Rodin on nature
To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth. Auguste Rodin on nature
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature. Zhuangzi on nature
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. Christian Nestell Bovee on nature
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. Eleonora Duse on nature
Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature. Dennis Prager on nature
People must help one another it is nature's law. Jean de La Fontaine on nature
Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven. Alphonse de Lamartine on nature
Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced. Marquis de Sade on nature
The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only. Marquis de Sade on nature
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. Alan Kay on nature
I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide. Emily Bronte on nature
People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools. Bodhidharma on nature
Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I'm almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I'm crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class. Drew Barrymore on nature
I thoroughly enjoy getting away from the game and going out fishing because it's so relaxing, so quiet and peaceful. I mean, there's no noise other than nature - and it's so different from what I do in a tournament situation that it just eases my mind. Tiger Woods on nature
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. Wendell Berry on nature
There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting. Greg Kinnear on nature
Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters. Pope Paul VI on nature
Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. Gertrude Stein on nature