Nature Quotes

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Edmund Burke

In the mirrorlike relationship between wine and human beings, Zinfandel owned more reflective properties than any other grape; in its infinite mutability, it was capable of expressing almost any philosophical position or psychological function. As a result, its own true nature might never be known.

David Darlington, from his novel Angels Visits: An Inquiry into the Mystery of Zinfandel

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Francis Bacon

Sex is part of nature, I go with nature.

Marylin Monroe

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

Confucius, The Confucian Analects

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Voltaire

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.

Ralph W. Sockman

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature.

George Bernard Shaw

We still do not know one - Thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

Albert Einstein

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory