#natur

The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions. ↗

— Edward Forbes

#chain #equal #exceptions #faith #hold

By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life. ↗

— James G. Frazer

#conciliation #control #course #direct #human

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed. ↗

— William Friedkin

#cannot #extremely #grow #important #material

And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

#born #common #crying #drew #earth

Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it. ↗

— Victoria Gotti

#career #daily #fast-paced #got #i

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless. ↗

— Quintilian

#natural #rules #technical #useless #without

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#defy #first #forces #least #natural

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities. ↗

— Marcus Terentius Varro

#built #cities #divine #divine nature #fields

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. ↗

— Helen Keller

#cannot #face #keep #see #shadow

They should hold themselves absolutely upon the immovable foundation of truth and nature, whereby alone they can save themselves from misapprehensions and from the danger of being entirely carried away from reality into mere dreams and fictions. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

#alone #away #being #carried #danger