Nature Quotes

Mountains, oceans, and everything growing in between. The natural world as teacher and mirror.

18018 quotes

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"The tragedy of the commons arises when individuals have little incentive to preserve shared resources."
Mancur Olson
"Nature teaches those patient enough to listen."
Hernando de Soto
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"Nature teaches patience; economics demands haste"
Angus Deaton
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"Nature's patterns teach us about human patterns"
Angus Deaton
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"Sustainability is achieved through iterative learning and adaptation, not through perfect planning."
Elinor Ostrom
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"Nature teaches us that diversity increases resilience."
Elinor Ostrom
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"Historical perspective shows inequality is not a natural law."
Thomas Piketty
"Nature speaks to those who listen; I listened, and it told me I was small."
Hernando de Soto
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"The sustainability of shared resources depends on how decisions are made about their use."
Elinor Ostrom
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"Sustainability requires that we value what we cannot measure in dollars."
Robert Solow
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"Capital mobility is increasing, but human beings are more rooted than capital."
Robert Solow
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"The measure of economic success should include environmental sustainability."
Robert Solow
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"Nature teaches us about balance and sustainability."
Amartya Sen
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"Natural resources must be preserved for future generations."
Amartya Sen
"The wilderness teaches lessons that no palace ever could."
Hernando de Soto
"The mountains speak to those patient enough to listen to their ancient voices."
Hernando de Soto
"Nature teaches us the lessons we need to learn."
James Tobin
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"Nature teaches equilibrium; civilization teaches endless accumulation."
Thomas Piketty
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"Nature is not a place to visit. It is home."
Anna Schwartz
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"Environmental degradation is an injustice against future generations."
Amartya Sen
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"Environmental sustainability is a justice issue, not merely an ecological one."
Amartya Sen
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"Common-pool resources require common sense and common effort to manage sustainably."
Elinor Ostrom
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"Sustainability emerges from institutional design, not from resource abundance."
Elinor Ostrom
"Growth that impoverishes the environment is not growth at all."
James Tobin
"Nature teaches us patience and perseverance."
Kenneth Arrow
"Nature heals the wounded spirit."
Kenneth Arrow
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"Nature provides both constraints and opportunities for human action."
Amartya Sen
"Nature provides both constraints and opportunities."
Gary Becker
"Nature's laws are immutable."
Gary Becker
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"Environmental degradation is fundamentally a question of justice for future generations."
Amartya Sen