#nature

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#grow #solitary #strong #trees

Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#cannot #divine #happiness #infinite #infinitely

The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ideal degree of efficiency. What I do claim is that this type of competition already reveals its nature and its ultimate power to hold seeming monopolies in check. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#already #check #claim #competition #degree

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#appeal #human #judges #laws #mercy

He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?" He sounded faintly sad. Perhaps he finds beauty saddening — I do myself sometimes. Once when I was quite little I asked father why this was and he explained that it was due to our knowledge of beauty's evanescence, which reminds us that we ourselves shall die. Then he said I was probably too young to understand him; but I understood perfectly. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#england #nature #beauty

A man's kiss is his signature. ↗

— Mae West

#his #kiss #man #signature

The changing nature of money is only one facet of the financial services revolution. ↗

— Scott Cook

#facet #financial #financial services #money #nature

Life is a dance of nature. ↗

— Toba Beta

#life #nature #life

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#drunk #facts #fighting #ignorant #instincts

I am living for every day and trying to have less fear, less worry. But I have always worried about everything; it's in my nature. It's the thing that makes me suffer the most. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#always #am #day #every #every day