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" In a culture fueled by burnout, a culture that has run itself down, our national resilience becomes compromised. And when our collective immune system is weakened, we become more susceptible to viruses that are part of every culture because they're part of human nature - fear-mongering, scapegoating, conspiracy theories, and demagoguery. "

Arianna Huffington

Culture

Human Nature

Down

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" Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear. "

" When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars. "

" O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? "

" Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Effort

Creative

Living

" There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners. "

" A walk in nature is a perfect backdrop to combine exercise, prayer, and meditation while enhancing the benefit of these activities. "

" One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others' weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all - to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high. "

" Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. "

" Storms of every sort, torrents, earthquakes, cataclysms, 'convulsions of nature,' etc., however mysterious and lawless at first sight they may seem, are only harmonious notes in the song of creation, varied expressions of God's love. "

" Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or the technology is rejected... We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature. "

" Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better. "

" Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out. "

Steven Weinberg

Nature

Ugly

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

" Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. "

" Nature's far too subtle to repeat herself. "

" That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. "

" It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. "

" My father is a Marine. My brother is a Marine. I almost became a Marine. I'm no stranger to fight training. I used to do jujitsu and boxing as a kid. I was a running back in football for my high school and my college. I played ice hockey as well as did theater. So, there's always been a physical nature to me. "

" Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself. "

" Giant oak trees... have deep root systems that can extend two-and-one-half times their height. Such trees rarely are blown down regardless of how violent the storms may be. "

" 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. "

" Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer. "

" I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this time, experiences in the world. And that is so organic - I use this metaphor a lot but I'll use it again - it's like a pine tree producing pine cones, or a blackberry bush producing blackberries - it's just what happens with this being, now. "

" Things don't just happen in this world of arising and passing away. We don't live in some kind of crazy, accidental universe. Things happen according to certain laws, laws of nature. Laws such as the law of karma, which teaches us that as a certain seed gets planted, so will that fruit be. "

" The groves were God's first temples. "

" Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. "

" My recollection of a hundred lovely lakes has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day. It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful. "

" 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. "

Henry Cantwell Wallace

People

Nature

Mother

" For me, to find a place that doesn't have an organized tour going to it is becoming more and more difficult. A lot of times it involves danger of a political nature - places where the adventure-travel trips can't go because they can't get any liability insurance. "

Tim Cahill

Nature

Place

" All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. "