Nature Quotes

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

18018 quotes

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"Nature is not revealed to us all at once; it unfolds through our questions."
Werner Heisenberg
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"The study of nature teaches us to be humble before creation."
Werner Heisenberg
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"The human species is not at the apex of nature's ladder."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Nature operates by small steps, not grand leaps."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Species boundaries exist but are not absolute."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Nature is simultaneously beautiful and indifferent to human concerns."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Natural selection is neither kind nor cruel; it simply operates."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"We must respect the integrity of nature while studying it."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"We are part of nature, not separate from it."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Life's diversity is nature's greatest achievement."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Nature is not designed for human convenience."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"We are made of starstuff brought into being through processes we are only beginning to understand."
Carl Sagan
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"We are made of material that is billions of years old."
Carl Sagan
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"There is something profound about recognizing our connection to all life."
Carl Sagan
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"We are not separate from nature; we are part of it."
Carl Sagan
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"We are not separated from the animal kingdom. We are part of it."
Jane Goodall
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"If we do not do something to help these creatures, we will lose them, and the loss will be ours."
Jane Goodall
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"I believe that if we do not do something to help these creatures, we will lose them."
Jane Goodall
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"When we harm the animals, we harm ourselves and when we help the animals, we help ourselves."
Jane Goodall
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"Nature will tell you when you are doing something wrong."
Jane Goodall
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"We are part of nature, not separate from it."
Jane Goodall
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"The natural world is our greatest teacher."
Jane Goodall
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"We are all part of the same web of life."
Jane Goodall
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"We must listen to the wisdom of nature."
Jane Goodall
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"The natural world is our greatest inspiration."
Jane Goodall
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"The existence of life in the universe depends upon a number of accidents."
Niels Bohr
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"In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself—nature does it for you."
Niels Bohr
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"Nature is not only queerer than we suppose; it is queerer than we can suppose."
Niels Bohr
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"Bohr's principle of complementarity teaches us that nature reveals different aspects of itself to different types of observation."
Niels Bohr
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"The richness of nature lies in its unity of diversity."
Niels Bohr