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AristotleEverything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Arthur SchopenhauerAny foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Charles DarwinI have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

—  Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist

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Ralph Waldo EmersonAdopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Lao-TzuNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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Will DurantNature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

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Vincent Van GoghIf you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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René DescartesFor me, everything in nature is mathematics.

—  René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher

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DanteNature is the art of God.

—  Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet

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VauvenarguesIt is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has made nothing equal, her sovereign law is subordination and dependence.

—  Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims

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Blaise PascalNature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

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JuvenalNever does Nature say one thing and Wisdom another.

—  Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet

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John DrydenSelf-defense is Nature's eldest law.

—  John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet

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LucretiusFear is the mother of all gods. Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.

—  Lucretius, 98-55 BC, Roman poet

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Margaret AtwoodNature is to zoos as God is to churches.

—  Margaret Atwood, 1939 -, Canadian writer

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Antoine RivarolThis world is a great banquet where nature invites all living beings, provided that the guests eat each other.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

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Ayn RandEven if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale death.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Jules RenardThe farmer may be the only kind of man who does not like the countryside and never admires nature.

—  Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer

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Karl KrausProgress celebrates Pyrrhic victories over nature.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Antoine RivarolNature has four great scenes – the seasons – and always the same actors: the sun, the moon and the stars. But it constantly changes the audience.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

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Vincent Van Gogh...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Francis BaconNature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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Sigmund FreudReligious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture: from the necessity for defending itself against the crushing supremacy of nature.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Frank HerbertNature does not make mistakes. Right and wrong are human categories.

—  Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer

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Saint AugustineMiracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

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Giordano BrunoIf God is not Nature herself, He is certainly the nature of Nature, and is the soul of the Soul of the world, if He is not the soul itself.

—  Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600, Italian monk & philosopher

Leonardo da VinciNecessity is the mistress and guardian of Nature.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Nikos KazantzakisIf only we could know, boss, what the stones, the flowers, the rain say! They may shout, they may shout at us, and we may not listen.

—  Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer

Oliver W. Holmes Sr.The Amen of nature is always a flower.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

Aldοus HuxleyNever give children a chance of imagining that anything exists in isolation. Make it plain from the very beginning that all living is relationship. Show them relationships in the woods, in the fields, in the ponds and streams, in the village and in the country around it.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

Aldοus HuxleyMy father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

William Hazlitt We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Anatole FranceNature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

Martin HeideggerNature has no history.

—  Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher

Marshall McLuhanA nomadic society cannot experience enclosed space.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Sri AurobindoLive according to Nature, runs the maxim of the West; but according to what nature, the nature of the body or the nature which exceeds the body? This first we ought to determine.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Arthur KoestlerWherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that without such structuring of complex systems into sub-assemblies, there could be no order and stability- except the order of a dead universe filled with a uniformly distributed gas.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

Edgar CayceHe who understands nature walks close with God.

—  Edgar Cayce, 1877-1945, American mystic & prophet

Christian BobinNature is a book that is always open, and the wind turns its pages.

—  Christian Bobin, 1951-2022, French writer

Emily DickinsonHow strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Bob RossThis is happy place; little squirrels live here and play.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

Bob RossI guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

Leonardo da VinciNature never breaks her own laws.

—  Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian polymath & painter

Latin Quotes

Latin phraseNature, the mistress of art.

Natura, artis magistra.

—  Latin phrase

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Latin phraseNature abhors a vacuum.

Natura abhorret a vacua.

—  Latin phrase

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Latin phraseNature does nothing in vain.

Natura nihil fit in frustra.

—  Latin phrase

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Giordano BrunoNature is God in all things.

Natura est deus in rebus.

—  Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600, Italian monk & philosopher

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Latin phraseNature is the greatest in the smallest things.

Natura in minima maxima.

—  Latin phrase

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Latin phraseNature does not make jumps.

Natura non facit saltus.

—  Latin phrase

     (meaning: natural things and properties change gradually)

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Thomas HobbesWar of all against all.

Bellum omnium contra omnes.

—  Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, English philosopher

     (a description to human existence in the state of nature)

Quotes in Verse

Antonio MachadoThe deepest words
of the wise man teach us
the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows
or the sound of the water when it is flowing.

—  Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright

Ancient Greek

AristotleThe human life is governed by nature and laws.

Άπας ό βίος των ανθρώπων φύσει και νόμοις διοικείται.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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AntisthenesAccording to law, there are many gods; according to nature, only one.

Κατά νόμον είναι πολλούς Θεούς, κατά δε φύσιν ένα.

—  Antisthenes, 445-360 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher

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AristotleNature does nothing without purpose or in vain.

Η φύσις μηδέν μήτε ατελές ποιεί μήτε μάτην.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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AristotleIn all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Εν πάσι γαρ τοις φυσικοίς ενεστί τι θαυμαστόν.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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AristotleNature does not make leaps.

Η φύσις ουδέν ποιεί άλματα.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Marcus AureliusNo form of Nature is inferior to Art. For the arts merely imitate natural forms

Ουκ έστι χείρων ουδεμία φύσις τέχνης. Και γαρ αι τέχναι τας φύσεις μιμούνται.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations XI, 10

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HeraclitusNature is wont to hide herself.

Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεί.

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Proverbs

American Indian proverbWhen a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.

—  American Indian proverb ‐ Lakota

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