I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. Henry Rollins
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. Xun Zi
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. Eric Hoffer
Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild. Dante Alighieri
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts. Elizabeth I
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit. Ansel Adams
Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer. David Herbert Lawrence
Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature and the error is ineradicable. W. Somerset Maugham
No speech can stain what is noble by nature. Sophocles
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. Joseph Addison
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. Joseph Addison
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. Joseph Addison
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. Joseph Addison
Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Hippocrates
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient. Thomas Aquinas
You don't have to call it God or Jesus. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta believe that nature and spiritual things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my life. Jack LaLanne
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. Isaac Bashevis Singer
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. Reinhold Niebuhr