Nature Quotes
Mountains, oceans, and everything growing in between. The natural world as teacher and mirror.
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"Lack of nature is lack of sense."Spencer, Herbert
"The study of nature is the study of self."Spencer, Herbert
"Nature is not something to be overcome; it is something to be understood and worked with."Dewey, John
"Nature speaks to us in the language of experience and observation."Dewey, John
"We do not understand nature by counting its atoms; we understand it by grasping its connections."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Man is not whole without continual intercourse with nature."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"The motion of the heavens, the growth of plants, all that we perceive reveals design."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Continuity may be called pure chaos, or a continuum."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Mind is the supreme evolutionary factor in nature."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"The earth is that which stays put and provides, holds, nourishes, and cares."Heidegger, Martin
"Man's relationship with nature must be one of respect, not domination."Heidegger, Martin
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."Spencer, Herbert
"The universe perpetually manifests creative activity."Spencer, Herbert
"The nature of things does not change and cannot change."Spencer, Herbert
"The law of nature is not mercy but necessity."Spencer, Herbert
"Nature itself is not fixed or finished. It is still in the making."Dewey, John
"Nothing is so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Nothing is worse than the cold of a winter."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Nature is the language of God."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"The world is not a mechanism but a living organism."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Survival belongs to the best adapted."Spencer, Herbert
"The natural state is one of constant adaptation."Spencer, Herbert
"The universe tends toward greater complexity."Spencer, Herbert
"Adaptation is the law of survival."Spencer, Herbert
"Evolution operates through both cooperation and competition."Spencer, Herbert
"The universe speaks to us through signs and symbols."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"The universe is not a dead machine but a living process."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Nature speaks to us through beauty and order."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"The beauty of nature reflects the divine order of creation."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Contemplation of nature awakens us to dimensions of reality."Dilthey, Wilhelm