There is no limit to suffering human beings have been willing to inflict on others, no matter how innocent, no matter how young, and no matter how old. This fact must lead all reasonable human beings, that is, all human beings who take evidence seriously, to draw only one possible conclusion: Human nature is not basically good.
Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.
I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.
It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.
The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.
There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
Habit is ten times nature.
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases.
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.
The fulness of the godhead dwelt in every blade of grass.
Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of letting in only as much as we can handle.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.
I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises.
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm.
What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?
The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
Places are part of nature, of the bigger picture. We are interrelated. When we contemplate them in their own right, they can sometimes change our lives; they can become spiritual experiences.
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.
There is the sky, which is all men's together.
The most important thing is the indigenous people are not vindictive by nature. We are not here to oppress anybody - but to join together and build Bolivia, with justice and equality.
Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.
One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others' weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all - to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
The highest-quality protein in nature is whey.
Mother Nature has been the best bioengineer in history. Why not harness the evolutionary process to design proteins?