Nature Quotes
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On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated with a spiritual body or soul, both of which are developed in and by means of a material organism.
Alfred Russel Wallace
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For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it.
Martin Buber
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'Tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes!
William Wordsworth
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Obeying an order was the most important thing to me. It could be that is in the nature of the German.
Adolf Eichmann
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We will also assume in the present study that individual values are taken as data and are not capable of being altered by the nature of the decision process itself
Kenneth Arrow
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I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.
Georg Cantor
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There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with the mountains of Sweden and Swedish joy in nature.
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
William Shakespeare
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Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.
Conor Cruise O'Brien
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It was also her nature that caused her letters to avoid emotional pitfalls and confine themselves to relating the events of her daily life in the utilitarian style of a ship's log. In reality they were distracted letters, intended to keep the coals alive without putting her hand in the fire, while Florentino Ariza burned himself alive in every line.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Painting isn't a question of sensibility; it's a matter of seizing the power, taking over from nature, not expecting her to supply you with information and good advice.
Pablo Picasso
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Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.
George Mason
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If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.
L. Frank Baum
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Nature of man is not what he was born as, but what he is born for.
Aristotle
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The nature of the new world system was not so different from the old. It was for the moment more stable, but a reasonable forecast would be that Africa in particular had a century of border wars ahead of it.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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She's not forgiven me, but we have a wonderful life from our family and that's the nature and quality of that woman that she can say that.
John Prescott
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The open source nature of the Internet is both a blessing and a curse, because just as much as we can watch what's happening around the world, we can also be watched.
Alicia Garza
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There will always be people treated badly, which I feel is basic human nature and difficult to eliminate.
Peter F. Hamilton
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If human nature were unchangeable, as ignorant people still suppose it to be, the situation would indeed be hopeless.
Bertrand Russell
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We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.
Leonardo DiCaprio
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In terms of wilderness preservation, Alaska is the last frontier. This time, given one great final chance, let us strive to do it right. Not in our generation, nor ever again, will we have a land and wildlife opportunity approaching the scope and importance of this one.
Mo Udall
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Being with nature opens us up to divine experience.
James Redfield
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Those reliable axioms about the taste and expectations of the mass movie audience are not so much laws of nature as artifacts of corporate strategy. And the lessons derived from them conveniently serve to strengthen a status quo that increasingly marginalizes risk, originality and intelligence.
Anthony Oliver "A. O." Scott