It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins. Lao Tzu
Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. Friedrich Nietzsche
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' Edgar Allan Poe
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell
You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you. Joel Osteen
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. Henry David Thoreau
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. Voltaire
Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution. Henry David Thoreau
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected. Henry David Thoreau
What is human warfare but just this an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party. Henry David Thoreau
To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. Henry David Thoreau
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Henry David Thoreau
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir
There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. Henry David Thoreau
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. Henry Ward Beecher
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. Henry David Thoreau
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages. Henry David Thoreau
I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay. Bob Dylan
External nature is only internal nature writ large. Swami Vivekananda