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" Although it is true that by fate all things are forced and linked by a necessary and dominant reason, nevertheless the character of our minds is subject to fate in a manner corresponding to their nature and quality. "

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" Can I remember exactly when I 'lost' my husband? Was it the moment when I had to start tying his shoelaces for him? Or when we stopped being able to laugh with each other? Looking back, that turning point is impossible to pinpoint. But then, that's the nature of dementia. "

" As in nature, all is ebb and tide, all is wave motion, so it seems that in all branches of industry, alternating currents - electric wave motion - will have the sway. "

" Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. "

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" Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. "

" In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. "

" In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. "

" Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. "

" President George W. Bush's aggressive war on Islamic terrorism produced a 100 percent perfect track record of keeping the United States safe from another attack. The result has been increased security for the American people, who, in turn, have become complacent about the true nature of the threat. "

" Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature. "

" And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. "

" High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces. "

" Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. "

" Nature is impersonal, awe-inspiring, elegant, eternal. It's geometrically perfect. It's tiny and gigantic. You can travel far to be in a beautiful natural setting, or you can observe it in your backyard - or, in my case, in the trees lining New York City sidewalks, or in the clouds above skyscrapers. "

" The sky lovingly smiles on the earth and her children. "

" All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things. "

" By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it. "

" Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!' "

" The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. "

" Current psychological priesthoods ignore the fact that the profession of psychology was originated by Gustav Theodor Fechner, a physicist who recognized that the key to understanding human nature was the relationship between external stimuli and the brain. "

" The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit. "

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" The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. "

" The stars that have most glory have no rest. "

" None of us can claim to be fair and square in love - and I'm definitely not a hypocrite! Humans are built to evolve with time. It depends on the nature of the relationship you share with a person. It is there today, tomorrow it may be gone; c'est la vie. "

" Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. "

Anthony J. D'Angelo

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" Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. "

" Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared. "

" What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. "

" People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely. "

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" When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that women were by nature in inferior to men, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that it was okay to hate other religions, and especially the Jews, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. "