#nature

Each of us is shaped by the truth of our natures. Von to Silver ↗

— Adrian Phoenix

#insight #truth #nature

To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat. ↗

— Plato

#nature

Just because a feeling is natural does not mean it should be indulged. ↗

— Roseanna White

#temptation #urge #nature

Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world. ↗

— Nancy Farmer

#observation #nature

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#nature

Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line. ↗

— Benoît B. Mandelbrot

#nature

Miles is... Miles; close to a force of nature, climbing up out of his own pages and escaping subordination to any opinion of mine. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#nature

And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#human-nature #nature

Nature doesn't ask your permission; it doesn't care about your wishes, or whether you like its laws or not. You're obliged to accept it as it is, and consequently all its results as well. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#nature

In the name of being social, we learn to ignore our natural instinct. Society keeps dictating do's and don'ts which we keep obeying day in and day out. ↗

— Chitralekha Paul

#society #writers #writing #nature