Nature Quotes

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

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"The serpent, too, was one of the beasts of the field. God created him, and declared him good."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Nature abhors a vacuum, and this is felt throughout life."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Nature is not something separate from humanity; we are part of nature"
Marx, Karl
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"Contemplation of the cosmos fills the heart with reverence and moral purpose."
Comte, Auguste
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"Beauty perceived scientifically reveals the mathematical harmony underlying existence."
Comte, Auguste
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"Nature is the only true revelation; it speaks to us in a language we can understand."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"To understand nature is to understand ourselves, for we are part of nature."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Nature teaches us that renewal requires periods of apparent destruction."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"In the Roman world, we do not find such intimate connexion between the Spiritual and the Natural."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Nature is for consciousness the first in time, but not the first in-itself."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Nature is the manifestation of the Absolute."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Repetition is the only form of permanence that nature can achieve."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Nature is neither master nor servant but humanity's home."
Marx, Karl
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"The starry heavens above and the moral law within—these fill my mind with awe."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Nature is not man's mother; it is his teacher."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Nature is the objectification of the concept."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Animals are unconscious expressions of universal will."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Plants are the immediate embodiment of natural logic."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Minerals represent the lowest stage of nature."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn"
Berkeley, George
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"Nature is the art of God"
Berkeley, George
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"Nature provides the model; science reveals its secrets; art interprets its beauty."
Mill, John Stuart
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"The beauty of nature is a constant reminder of our place in the universe."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Nature has placed mankind under two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Pain and pleasure are the guardians of the human race."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Everything is full of gods."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Nature has made our sense organs blind to our flaws."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Nature acts mechanically; reason acts for a purpose."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Nature is governed by laws; freedom is also governed by laws."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Nature is not something separated from human activity by a deep chasm."
Marx, Karl