Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us. Robinson Jeffers on nature
The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages. Cyrano de Bergerac on nature
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past. Hannah Arendt on nature
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. Andre Breton on nature
One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls. Thor Heyerdahl on nature
No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious. Thomas Szasz on nature
Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of utopia, that we must ask that our judges adhere. Robert Bork on nature
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. Juvenal on nature
Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature. Michael Faraday on nature
If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. Julian Assange on nature
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. Thomas Hardy on nature
Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection. Christopher Lasch on nature
A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star. Edwin Hubbel Chapin on nature
I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line. Maria Sharapova on nature
I believe that laughter is the best emotional Band-Aid in the world. It's like nature's Neosporin. Matt LeBlanc on nature
Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me. Lindsay Lohan on nature
All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws. John Coltrane on nature
Nature is the master of talents genius is the master of nature. J. G. Holland on nature
Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. William Ralph Inge on nature
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. Edward Gibbon on nature