#natural

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Nothing leads to good that is not natural. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#leads #natural #nothing

I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense I know I am a part of it and take my photographs from that emotional feeling within me, rather than from an emotional distance as a spectator. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#days #distance #emotional #every #exchanging

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#body #climbing #directly #even #i

I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Sierra. ↗

— Galen Rowell

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I'm not a natural joiner. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#natural

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur. ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#computations #computer #computer science #effect #kinds

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail. ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#could #fail #fiction #fiction writer #i

Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery. ↗

— John Ruskin

#end #mountains #natural #scenery