Nature Quotes

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

18018 quotes

M
"Nature loves to hide itself."
Max Planck
M
"The laws of thermodynamics tell us that everything becomes more disordered with time, yet the universe continues to organize itself."
Max Planck
M
"Those who have never experienced the majesty of natural laws will never truly understand the universe."
Max Planck
M
"We are not merely observers of nature; we are participants in its unfolding drama."
Max Planck
M
"The contemplation of nature is the highest form of human spiritual experience."
Max Planck
M
"The interconnectedness of all things is the deepest truth that science has revealed."
Max Planck
M
"We must approach nature with reverence and wonder, not with arrogance."
Max Planck
M
"The order in nature is not imposed from without but emerges from within."
Max Planck
S
"We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into limbs for terrestrial creatures."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"I have always maintained that nothing fundamental separates us from the animals."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Nature does not work in discrete jumps but through gradual transformation."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"The diversity of life is not a ladder but a bush with many branches."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Extinction is not an evolutionary failure but simply an endpoint."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Nature operates through variation and selection, not through predetermined design."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Life is diverse, contingent, and endlessly variable in its forms."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"The path of evolution is littered with dead ends and failures."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Every organism is perfectly adapted to its own environment."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"We are made of star stuff and connected to all living things."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"The history of life is one of constant struggle, adaptation, and change."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Organisms are not perfectly designed but bear the marks of history."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"The diversity of life reflects millions of years of evolutionary experimentation."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Evolution produced both the magnificent and the mundane with equal indifference."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Nature shows no preference for complexity, size, or intelligence."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Evolution works with the raw materials at hand, not according to an ideal plan."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Life's diversity is a testament to the power of evolution."
Stephen Jay Gould
S
"Evolution teaches us that all life is connected through descent."
Stephen Jay Gould
E
"In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself—nature does it for you."
Enrico Fermi
E
"Nature is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."
Enrico Fermi
E
"Never underestimate the power of nature to humiliate us."
Enrico Fermi
E
"Nature guards her secrets jealously, and only through persistent effort can we unveil them."
Ernest Rutherford