Nature Quotes

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

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"To understand a dog's behavior is to understand something fundamental about all living things."
Ivan Pavlov
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"In nature, there is no chaos, only complexity we have not yet learned to interpret."
Ivan Pavlov
"Nature operates on principles we are only beginning to understand."
B.F. Skinner
"Nature itself is the best physician."
Florence Nightingale
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished through her quiet laws of cause and effect."
Ivan Pavlov
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"I have devoted myself to the study of nature because only in nature is truth found."
Ivan Pavlov
"Nature has placed within us two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do."
Edward Jenner
"The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved the cause of the production of diseases."
Edward Jenner
"The vaccina virus is nature's gift to humanity, wrapped in the hide of a humble cow."
Edward Jenner
"The body's own immune force is more powerful than any medicine I could prepare."
Edward Jenner
"Nature's remedies are often more effective than those created by human artifice."
Edward Jenner
"The cow-pox has taught me that nature often provides the answer before we know to ask the question."
Edward Jenner
"Nature demonstrates the basic principles of learning and conditioning in animal behavior."
B.F. Skinner
"The Earth is a self-regulating system made up of physical, chemical, biological and human components"
James Lovelock
"Life goes on adapting and evolving, but the health of the biosphere as a whole must be our first concern"
James Lovelock
"The biosphere regulates itself through feedback mechanisms we are only beginning to understand"
James Lovelock
"Every species, no matter how small, plays a role in maintaining planetary balance"
James Lovelock
"The health of ecosystems is the foundation of human health and prosperity"
James Lovelock
"Nature teaches us that prevention is infinitely superior to cure."
Edward Jenner
"Nature's lessons, if we are humble enough to learn them, guide us toward healing."
Edward Jenner
"The biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling the chemical and physical environment."
James Lovelock
"We are not separate from the Earth; we are part of a living system that encompasses all life."
James Lovelock
"The problem is not that humans are inherently destructive, but that we have lost our connection to natural systems."
James Lovelock
"Nature is far more complex and robust than our scientific models suggest."
James Lovelock
"The Earth will survive whatever we do to it; it is human civilization that is at risk."
James Lovelock
"The Gaia hypothesis suggests that life maintains conditions suitable for life."
James Lovelock
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"In nature, there are no mistakes, only lessons."
Ivan Pavlov
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"In Russia and elsewhere, the laws of nature remain constant."
Ivan Pavlov
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"Reflexes are nature's way of ensuring our survival and adaptation."
Ivan Pavlov
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"Nature operates without sentiment or preference; only through law."
Ivan Pavlov