Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. – Lord Acton
None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath. – Marian Anderson
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. – William Henry Harrison
To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. – James Whistler
It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self. – Muhammad Iqbal
Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs. – Camille Paglia
High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces. – Camille Paglia
I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being. – Julie Andrews
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. – Tacitus
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature. – Luc de Clapiers
There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another. – Edouard Manet
The beautiful spring came and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. – Harriet Ann Jacobs
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller. – John Milton
It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department. – Robert Shea
You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses. – Edwin Louis Cole
The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it. – Toni Morrison
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
Nature is a petrified magic city. – Novalis
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. – Sallust
