Nature Quotes

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

18018 quotes

"The boundary between nature and culture is never absolute."
Claude Lévi-Strauss
"The forest teaches us what the city forgets."
Claude Lévi-Strauss
"Nature speaks in patterns that predate human language."
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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"Nature teaches us the greatest lessons if we only listen."
Antonio Genovesi
A
"Nature is the greatest artist."
Antonio Genovesi
J
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Johann Tetens
J
"Nature is the best teacher."
Johann Tetens
J
"Nature has made us all equal in our desires and appetites."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
J
"Self-preservation is the first law of nature."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
J
"The body's needs should be treated as wisdom guides."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
A
"Nature teaches us more than books ever could, if we would only listen."
Antonio Genovesi
A
"The study of nature reveals the hand of providence in all things."
Antonio Genovesi
G
"Nature in its origin is nothing else but the divine will operating in and upon created spirits"
George Berkeley
G
"All the appearances of nature all objects of sense are ideas even beauty and deformity"
George Berkeley
G
"The order and harmony of nature proclaim the wisdom of God"
George Berkeley
J
"Nature has placed mankind under two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure."
Jérémie Bentham
J
"Custom is the second law of nature."
Jérémie Bentham
"Evolution is the source of wisdom, not reason"
Friedrich Hayek
"The beauty of price signals is that they communicate information instantly across nations"
Friedrich Hayek
J
"Nature speaks to those patient enough to observe without judgment."
Johann Tetens
J
"Nature punishes those who ignore her laws, without malice or remorse."
Johann Tetens
J
"Nature herself is the greatest teacher of materialism."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
J
"The body's appetites are not sins but natural necessities."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Men are not born to seek truth; they are born to survive and flourish."
Friedrich Hayek
G
"Nature reveals itself only to the patient observer."
George Berkeley
J
"Nature is the sovereign legislator, and her laws are the only laws that ought to govern."
Jérémie Bentham
A
"Nature provides abundantly for those who work with her rather than against her."
Antonio Genovesi
A
"Nature offers infinite lessons to those patient enough to observe and humble enough to learn."
Antonio Genovesi
J
"Nature abhors not complexity, but rather celebrates it in every living thing."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
J
"Nature requires no explanation beyond itself; it is its own justification."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie