Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful. – Arthur Keith
It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. – Desiderius Erasmus
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. – Henry Beston
Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. – Arthur Conan Doyle
The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall. – Helen Garner
Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use. – Alexander Pope
England has always been disinclined to accept human nature. – E. M. Forster
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. – Garrison Keillor
Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s. – Desiderius Erasmus
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. – Marie Curie
It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. – Deepak Chopra
I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid. – Richard Russo
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. – Jane Austen
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. – Jane Austen
Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature – and another woman to help him forget them. – Helen Rowland
Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage. – Mason Cooley
It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy. – Franz Liszt
The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. – W. Somerset Maugham
Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit. – Thomas Huxley
