Nature Quotes

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

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"To understand nature is to recognize that we are part of its machinery, not its master."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The universe is indifferent to our hopes and fears; it operates according to immutable laws."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"In nature, nothing is wasted; every force serves a purpose in the greater whole."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Nature is not cruel, only indifferently complex."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"A mountain that rose in our lifetime is like a child born to us."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Diversity is the law of nature in all visible things."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Nature is her own oracle; we need only learn to read her signs."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Nature does nothing by leaps; this is her fundamental principle."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The preservation of life is the first law of nature."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The body of an animal is its soul."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Every creature knows its own place in the order of things."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Nature teaches us that perfection lies in imperfection."
Jean d'Alembert
"Beauty in nature teaches us truths that words cannot express."
Moses Mendelssohn
"Nature speaks in a language more honest than human speech."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"The laws of nature are the laws of truth; they cannot be violated without punishment."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Nature itself is the best teacher; observation of natural laws reveals the principles of virtue."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Nature speaks to us through equations and proportions."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Nature is the source of all true knowledge. It has broad leaves and we are foolish to trust anything else."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"In nature, there is no blemish but the mind."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Nature speaks to those who listen with their hearts."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Nature does nothing without purpose or plan."
Carl Linnaeus
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"In nature there is no blemish but the mind."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Nature's complexity demands our humble study."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The natural world is God's greatest book."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Every species is a word in nature's vocabulary."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Order emerges when we look deeply enough."
Carl Linnaeus
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"In the smallest creature lies infinite complexity."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Order is not imposed upon nature; it is revealed."
Carl Linnaeus