#natur

Once when I was a little child of six or so, I watched a spider spinning its web in a corner of the house. Before the spider had even finished its job, a mosquito flew right into the web and was trapped there. The spider didn't pay it any attention at first, but went on with what it was doing; only when it was finished did it creep over on its pointy toes and sting that poor mosquito to death. As I sat there on that wooden floor and watched Hatsumomo come reaching for me with her delicate fingers, I knew I was trapped in a web she had spun for me. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#nature #death

It should now be clear why the method of Philosophy is so different from that of the natural sciences. Experiments are not made, because they would be utterly useless. ↗

— Charles D. Broad

#clear #different #experiments #made #method

But naturally Jackson's giving Danny the play-by-play because, hello, if you were Jackson and Gloria liked you, wouldn't you be renting a billboard about it? ↗

— Susane Colasanti

#reputation #nature

Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears. ↗

— Charles D. Broad

#falsehood #fears #hopes #influenced #judgment

The pure natural scientist is liable to forget that minds exist, and that if it were not for them he could neither know nor act on physical objects. ↗

— Charles D. Broad

#could #exist #forget #know #liable

The face of everyone in mine, the oneness with every blade of grass, the flight with the flocks in the sky, the dance with the clouds across endless skies. The strength with every tree, rooting deep into mother earth, springing forth into the heavens, extending branches of gratitude and love.... Such a privilege, honor and grace, such a gift and joy. ↗

— Patsie Smith

#enlightenment #essence-of-life #inspiration #life #nature

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#abstract #i #i think #intellectual #leader

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#cast #failed #force #looked #magic

We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#ends #gain #her #laws #nature

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ↗

— Anne Bronte

#corn #laughed #light #over #sunshine