The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.
Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
The view of Earth is spectacular.
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
The stars that have most glory have no rest.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
The changing nature of money is only one facet of the financial services revolution.
If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But I also see a force in human nature, namely grace, that sometimes works against our natural moral entropy.
I love the relentless nature of a side that never gives up.
Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly.
Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.
Nature is my church. The wind in the trees and the bugs and the frogs. All those things are comfort to me.
The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
I have always believed that your face is a mirror to your nature.
Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
The missing link in cosmology is the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.
The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The doctrine of the blank slate... is a totalitarian's dream.
Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.
Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.
With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
When you say 'control freak' and 'OCD' and 'organized,' that suggests someone who's cold in nature, and I'm just not. Like, I'm really open when it comes to letting people in. But I just like my house to be neat, and I don't like to make big messes that would hurt people.
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.
I hold grudges, but I can't hate nobody; that's not my nature.
Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.
By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.
The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.