The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable. Thomas Day disgracefactgeneral Change image and share on social
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. Susan Sontag catastrophechangehead Change image and share on social
The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels. Rupert Sheldrake collectiveideainfluence Change image and share on social
As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature. John James Audubon acquaintdesirousfervently Change image and share on social
The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. Johannes Kepler diversityfreshgreat Change image and share on social
To discover and know has always been a deep tendency of our nature. Can we not recognize it already in caveman? Pierre Teilhard de Chardin cavemandeepdiscover Change image and share on social
In coming closer to nature, man shows himself superior to it. As a mere part of nature, man's existence would be a series of isolated phenomena. All life would proceed from and depend on contact with the outside world. Rudolf Christoph Eucken closecomecontact share on social
A man is most happy when he is most perfect, and he is most perfect when all his faculties are proportionately and harmoniously developed. Thus developed, nature and art and society supply him with a thousand sources of enjoyment. Joseph P. Bradley artdevelopenjoyment share on social
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins. Lao Tzu defectivedutyfollow Change image and share on social
For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours. Pam Brown gloryliveperson Change image and share on social
