Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them. Henry Norris Russell
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. Edgar Allan Poe
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality. Plato
Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price. Napoleon Hill
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. William James
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. Charles Darwin
Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation. Warren Buffett
But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible. Jose Marti
Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them. Sai Baba
When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic. Barack Obama
I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess. Walt Disney
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Epictetus
All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable. Walt Disney
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. Marcus Aurelius
In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Charles Dickens
I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure. Danielle Dax
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. Marcus Aurelius
Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them. Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. Marcus Aurelius