Nature Quotes

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

18018 quotes

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"Nature's wealth at its highest is limited; the wealth of vain desires extends to infinity."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"The greatest achievement is to live in accordance with nature."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"All things move toward order and away from chaos."
Augustine of Hippo
"The universe is a single living organism, made up of matter and soul."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The pursuit of peace and plenty is the great theme of agriculture."
Cicero
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"The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself."
Cicero
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"The natural world reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with both reverence and rigorous questioning."
Averroes
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"The harmony in nature is achieved not through uniformity, but through the interplay of diverse forces governed by law."
Averroes
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"The body cries out only for bread and water; the rest is preference."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Nature demonstrates that living simply is living truly."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Every creature participates in the eternal law."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Each creature has a nature that reflects something of God's nature."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Our knowledge of God grows through study of His creation."
Thomas Aquinas
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"There is no greater wealth than a healthy body and a simple life."
Seneca
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Seneca
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"The universe is a single, unified whole. All things are connected to all other things."
Epictetus
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"Lay hold of this truth: Lead the life that nature demands, and you will never be poor."
Epictetus
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"Living according to nature brings harmony to your soul."
Epictetus
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"Nature is the ultimate teacher."
Mencius
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"Nature herself has imprinted on the hearts of all the love of others."
Cicero
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"The study of nature is the noblest occupation of mankind."
Cicero
"Nature does nothing uselessly."
Marcus Aurelius
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"Kinship with all living things is not sentimentality but clear-eyed perception of our mutual dependence."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Nature teaches through subtraction, not addition; wisdom is recognizing what to remove."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Zhuangzi
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"Be like water, formless and adaptable."
Zhuangzi
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"Nature herself is the best physician."
Seneca
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"Nature disdains to finish anything she starts."
Seneca
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Laozi
"The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to."
Laozi