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Philosophical literature5 quotes
Nature to be commanded must be obeyed. — Francis Bacon · 1620Man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed. — Blaise Pascal · 1662All that is in harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you. — Marcus Aurelius · 180The significance of man is that he is that part of the universe that asks the question, What is the significance of Man? He alone can stand apart imaginatively and, regarding himself and the universe in their eternal aspects, pronounce a judgement. The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it. — Carl Becker · 1936For after all, what is man in nature? A nothing in respect of that which is infinite, an all in respect of nothing, a middle betwixt nothing and all. — Blaise Pascal · 1662Autobiography and memoir4 quotes
I am haunted by waters. — Norman Maclean · 1976The world today is sick to its thin blood for lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water welling from the earth, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot. — Henry Beston · 1928We can never have enough of nature…. We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854There is surely a peece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Nature writing3 quotes
The world today is sick to its thin blood for lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water welling from the earth, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot. — Henry Beston · 1928Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. — Aldo Leopold · 1949We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. — Aldo Leopold · 1949Religious literature3 quotes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. — Genesis 1:28 · 1405 BCHurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees. — Angel · 90There is surely a peece of Divinity in us, something that was before the Elements, and owes no homage unto the Sun. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Action1 quote
Just feel what the wave is doing. Then accept its energy. Get in sync and charge with it. You don't need to see. — Bodhi · 1991Action (film)1 quote
Just feel what the wave is doing. Then accept its energy. Get in sync and charge with it. You don't need to see. — Bodhi · 1991Crime1 quote
Just feel what the wave is doing. Then accept its energy. Get in sync and charge with it. You don't need to see. — Bodhi · 1991Crime (film)1 quote
Just feel what the wave is doing. Then accept its energy. Get in sync and charge with it. You don't need to see. — Bodhi · 1991Political speech1 quote
The forest has fallen by the ax of our woodsmen; the soil has been made to teem by the tillage of our farmers; our commerce has whitened every ocean. The dominion of man over physical nature has been extended by the invention of our artists. — John Quincy Adams · 1825Satire1 quote
Most troubles are unnecessary. We have Nature beaten; we can make her grow wheat; we can keep warm when she sends blizzards. So we raise the devil just for pleasure-wars, politics, race-hatreds, labor-disputes. — Sinclair Lewis · 1920Travel writing1 quote
One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey, but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone. — William Hazlitt · 1822