28 Quotes with the Nature Topic

Despise not death, but welcome it, for Nature wills it like all else.

Marcus Aurelius, Emperor and Philosopher, 121 – 180

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Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous - indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose.

Richard Dawkins, Ethologist, Evolutionary Biologist and Science Writer, 1941 –

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If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

John McPhee, Writer, 1931 –

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The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

Maria Montessori, Physician and pioneer educator, 1870 – 1952

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The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

Hal Glen Borland, Journalist and novelist, 1900 – 1978

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I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature.

Adolf Hitler, Chancellor and Fuhrer - 1933–1945, 1889 – 1945

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Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

Marilyn Monroe, Actress and model, 1926 – 1962

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The great book of nature is written in mathematical symbols.

Galileo, Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, 1564 – 1642

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There are the rushing waves... mountains of molecules, each stupidly minding its own business... trillions apart ...yet forming white surf in unison. Ages on ages... before any eyes could see... year after year... thunderously pounding the shore as now. For whom, for what? ...on a dead planet with no life to entertain. Never at rest... tortured by energy... wasted prodigiously by the sun... poured into space. A mite makes the sea roar. Deep in the sea, all molecules repeat the patterns of another till complex new ones are formed. They make others like themselves... and a new dance starts. Growing in size and complexity... living things, masses of atoms, DNA, protein... dancing a pattern ever more intricate. Out of the cradle onto dry land... here it is standing... atoms with consciousness ...matter with curiosity. Stands at the sea... wonders at wondering... I... a universe of atoms... an atom in the universe.

Richard Phillips Feynman, Physicist and professor, 1918 – 1988

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My brother Bob asked, "Why do you believe in God?", just a simple question. But my Mum panicked. "Bob," she said, in a tone that I knew meant "shut up." Why was that a bad thing to ask? If there was God and my faith was strong, it didn't matter what people said. Oh...hang on. There is no God. he knows it, and she knows it deep down. It was as simple as that. I started thinking about it and aksing more questions, and within an hour, I was an atheist. Wow. No God. If Mum had lied to me about god, had she also lied to me about Santa? Yes, of course, but who cares. The gifts kept coming. And so did the gifts of my newfound Atheism. The gifts of Truth, Science, Nature.

Ricky Dene Gervais, Comedian, Atheist, Author, Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter and former Pop Musician, 1961 –

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