For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all. – Aristotle
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. – Aristotle
Nature is not human hearted. – Lao Tzu
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. – Henry David Thoreau
Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution. – Henry David Thoreau
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected. – Henry David Thoreau
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. – John Muir
There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. – Henry David Thoreau
External nature is only internal nature writ large. – Swami Vivekananda
Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. – Albert Camus
Nature gives you the face you have at twenty it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty. – Coco Chanel
My nature just changes. – Jimi Hendrix
I was trying to do too many things at the same time, which is my nature. But I was enjoying it, and I still do enjoy it. – Jimi Hendrix
We are all full of weakness and errors let us mutually pardon each other our follies – it is the first law of nature. – Voltaire
I think I have a dualistic nature. – Bob Dylan
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. – John D. Rockefeller
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. – Salvador Dali
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. – Edgar Allan Poe
