Nature Quotes (1673)
nature quotes in english
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world... view
By: Joseph Butler
Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown... view
By: Joseph Butler
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections... view
By: Joseph Butler
Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature... view
By: Joseph Butler
Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature.. view
By: Joseph Butler
Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food... view
By: Joseph Butler
Self-preservation is the first law of nature... view
By: Samuel Butler
Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours.".. view
By: Robert Byrne
As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others... view
By: Lord Byron
I love not man the less, but Nature more... view
By: Lord Byron
I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory... view
By: Julius Caesar
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation... view
By: John Cage
It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness... view
By: Taylor Caldwell
But by providing the background picture - the universal situational awareness that we desire - by showing the anomalies, the Space-Based Radar will change the nature of how we do our analysis and our intelligence... view
By: Stephen Cambone
Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains... view
By: Giraldus Cambrensis
The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good... view
By: L. Sprague de Camp
To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes... view
By: Alex Campbell
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature... view
By: Joseph Campbell
And muse on Nature with a poet's eye... view
By: Thomas Campbell
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature... view
By: Albert Camus
Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all... view
By: Annie Jump Cannon
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... view
By: Georg Cantor
Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time... view
By: Karel Capek
Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life... view
By: Truman Capote
The love story for me was the nature of the love and not the age of the lovers... view
By: Kate Capshaw
Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song.. view
By: Vanessa Carlton
Because of the nature of Moore's law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely competent programmer some number of years later... view
By: John Carmack
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today... view
By: Dale Carnegie
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever... view
By: Jimmy Carter
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries... view
By: Jimmy Carter
It was he who impressed, time and again, the necessity of singing as nature intended, and - I remember - he constantly warned, don't let the public know that you work. So I went slowly. I never forced the voice... view
By: Enrico Caruso
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in... view
By: George Washington Carver
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God... view
By: George Washington Carver
God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing... view
By: Joyce Cary
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with... view
By: Giacomo Casanova
These ivy league students are in the upper echelon of the college boards and had great opportunity in front of them regardless of where they go to college. Its in their very nature and it is something they expect... view
By: Michael N. Castle
A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils... view
By: Margaret Cavendish
Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime... view
By: Margaret Cavendish
But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature... view
By: William Cavendish
You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature.. view
By: William Cavendish
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