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