“We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”
— Jules Verne
Author: Jules Verne
Category: nature
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The central task of science is to
“The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature.”
— Lewis Thomas
Author: Lewis Thomas
Category: nature
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Just living is not enough… one must
“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
— Hans Christian Anderson
Author: Hans Christian Anderson
Category: nature
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A book is a fragile creature, it
“A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.”
— Umberto Eco
Author: Umberto Eco
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Nothing is too wonderful to be True
“Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.”
— Michael Faraday
Author: Michael Faraday
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Should you shield the canyons from the
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.”
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Author: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Category: nature
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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
— John Ruskin
Author: John Ruskin
Category: nature
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”
— John Muir
Author: John Muir
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All water has a perfect memory and
“All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.”
— Toni Morrison
Author: Toni Morrison
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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it
“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
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Ideas devour the ages as men are
“Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.”
— Honore de Balzac
Author: Honore de Balzac
Category: nature
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