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" What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. "

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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. "

" History isn't just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong. "

" Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. "

" There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by. "

William C. Bryant

" During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks. "

John James Audubon

" Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains. "

" Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point. "

Arthur Schopenhauer

" There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. "

Alexander Hamilton

" God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. "

" Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. "

" Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. "

" One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. "

" But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers? "

" The world is always in movement. "

" The year 2100 will see eugenics universally established. In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit. "

" All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was. "

" Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. "

" Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival. "

Neil deGrasse Tyson

" If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair. "

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

Saint Augustine

" For American foreign aid to become more effective, it must embrace the power of partnerships, access the transformative nature of free enterprise, and leverage the abundant resources that can come from the private sector. "

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

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" For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces. "

" We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality. "

Abdolkarim Soroush

" No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. "

William Howard Taft

" Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. "

Marcus Aurelius

" As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power. "