Nature Quotes

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

18018 quotes

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"The boundary between order and chaos is thinner than we think."
Heraclitus
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Heraclitus
"Water is the principle of all things."
Thales of Miletus
"Nature rewards the patient observer."
Thales of Miletus
"Nature is the greatest teacher of all."
Thales of Miletus
"Nature provides all that we truly need."
Thales of Miletus
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"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
Aristotle
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"Nature abhors a vacuum."
Aristotle
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"Nature has made the lion a lion; and you may call him king because he is stronger than other beasts."
Aristotle
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"Nature operates in the shortest way possible."
Aristotle
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"The geometry of nature reveals the hand of the divine."
Pythagoras
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"The beauty of nature lies in its perfect proportions."
Pythagoras
"Nature provides enough; excess is the invention of anxiety."
Epicurus
"The person who understands that some foods are simple and nourishing needs no medicine."
Epicurus
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"When nature is served correctly, all things flourish and grow in harmony."
Confucius
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"Fire consumes all things, yet all things arise from fire."
Heraclitus
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"All entities move in circles; there is no straight line in nature."
Heraclitus
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"The soul of the universe is fire; all things burn with becoming."
Heraclitus
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"The river teaches what the mountain cannot."
Heraclitus
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"The river knows no haste, yet nothing can stop its flow."
Heraclitus
"The study of nature does not create gods; it destroys the gods imagined by human fear."
Epicurus
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"Nature speaks to those who have the wisdom to listen."
Elrond
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"Nature is the oldest teacher of all wisdom."
Elrond
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"Nature doesn't judge—neither should we."
Timmy
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"Prejudice is learned; kindness is our true nature."
Timmy
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"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
Aristotle
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"Nature does nothing uselessly."
Aristotle
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"Nature abhors a vacuum."
Aristotle
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"Every living being seeks after good, and desires to fulfill the purpose which nature has implanted in him."
Plato
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"All things flow and nothing stays still."
Plato