Nature Quotes

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

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"Natural selection is not an intelligent designer; it is a blind watchmaker."
Dennett, Daniel
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"We are all part of nature, not separate from it."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Nature is not something to dominate; it is something to understand and work with."
Dennett, Daniel
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"Nature operates according to principles we are still struggling to understand."
Jackson, Frank
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"Nature teaches patience to those willing to observe its rhythms."
Jackson, Frank
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"We are part of nature but our consciousness gives us unique capacities."
Searle, John
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"We belong to the natural world"
Davidson, Donald
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"The natural world provides guidance for human ethics."
Foot, Philippa
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"The natural world reveals patterns for human conduct."
Foot, Philippa
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"Nature is the best teacher if we're willing to observe carefully."
Dennett, Daniel
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"In nature, we find both mirrors and teachers."
Jackson, Frank
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"We are constitutively dependent on our causal history with the environment."
Davidson, Donald
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"Nature is the best physician"
Wisdom, John
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"In nature there are no blemishes but diamonds"
Wisdom, John
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"Natural goodness is the foundation of all moral virtue; it is what makes us capable of ethical development."
Foot, Philippa
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"To cultivate virtue is to engage in a kind of second nature, but it is nature nonetheless."
Foot, Philippa
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"We have become so removed from the natural order that we no longer understand our own nature."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"Nature teaches us humility if we are willing to listen."
Davidson, Donald
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"Nature teaches patience to those willing to observe without judgment."
Wisdom, John
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"Nature is the autobiography of the creator."
Wisdom, John
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"It is impossible to overstate the case for the intelligence of animals and the brutishness of man."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"We are called to be stewards of the world, not its masters."
Anscombe, Elizabeth
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"Nature speaks to those who take time to listen with their whole being."
Wisdom, John
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished through its unhurried progression."
Wisdom, John
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"Nature is the manifestation of the divine will operating according to mathematical laws."
Moore, George Edward
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"Nature never wears the same expression twice."
Moore, George Edward
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"We cannot understand human goodness without reference to human nature and its proper functioning."
Foot, Philippa
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"Nature teaches us that growth requires struggle."
Arendt, Hannah
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"Do not imagine that if you were to violate Nature's laws, Nature would in the least object or feel embarrassed."
Russell, Bertrand
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"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."
Wisdom, John