#nature

Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#equal #extremes #join #man #mysterious

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#first #habit #knowing #nature #neither

I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#assure #believe #concerns #diversion #europe

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature. ↗

— Herbert Read

#anarchism #any #basis #claim #direct

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature. ↗

— Auguste Renoir

#confidence #himself #his #listen #master

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

#great #mere #nature #never #produce

What must be the nature of the world... if human beings are able to introduce changes into it? ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#beings #changes #human #human beings #into

I am not 'in pursuit of truth.' It is not my 'quarry.' I am of my human nature a thinker, and conscious of need, responsibility of thinking-speaking with truth. I do not go about hunting 'truths.' ↗

— Laura Riding

#am #conscious #go #human #human nature

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#bigger #bird #boston #championship #championship team

I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#built #consequences #divine #his #i