Nature Quotes

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

18018 quotes

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"The beauty of creation teaches us humility before the infinite."
Al-Ghazali
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"Nature teaches those who observe it with humble hearts."
Al-Ghazali
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"Nature is the art of God."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Nature never wears the same expression twice."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The natural law is unchangeable and eternal."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Nature is the art of God eternal."
Thomas Aquinas
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"All creation manifests the glory of the Creator."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Nature itself is a book written in the language of mathematics and reason."
Averroes
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"Great is the influence of the sun's path in the heavens."
Cicero
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"Whatever is unnatural is impious."
Cicero
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"The natural world is the greatest teacher for those patient enough to listen."
Avicenna
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"The contemplation of God's works is necessary for the human soul."
Thomas Aquinas
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"In all creation, there is a harmony and order that reflects God's mind."
Thomas Aquinas
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"What nature reveals to us is that we should revere what comes naturally."
Epictetus
"The universe is a single living organism made of one substance and one soul."
Marcus Aurelius
"All of us live within the same roof - the world."
Marcus Aurelius
"In the beginning of spring, the chi of heaven and earth becomes active again."
Marcus Aurelius
"Everything that happens is as simple and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The act of procreation belongs to nature, not to the will."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The natural world operates according to principles that the rational mind can discover."
Averroes
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"Nature does not grant wishes; it rewards the industrious and punishes the idle."
Averroes
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"The greater someone's knowledge increases, the greater his wonder at the mysteries of nature."
Thomas Aquinas
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"The more perfect a thing is, the more vigorously it desires to reproduce."
Thomas Aquinas
T
"The preservation of the species is a natural and divine law."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Nature does not make mistakes. When she created mud, she knew what she was doing."
Seneca
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"The universe is a single living organism, made up of universal substance."
Seneca
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"Expect poison from the standing water."
Seneca
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"Nature has given us ears not to determine what is true, but to understand our place in the universe."
Epictetus
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"The natural world is your greatest teacher if you know how to listen."
Epictetus