#nature

Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#his #man #mental #more #nature

It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#advantage #changing #common #contribute #controlling

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? ↗

— E. M. Forster

#daily #daily lives #enter #good #into

The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#blind #consciousness #forces #himself #historic

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#commence #commences #ends #experience #investigate

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#because #devise #direct #does #her

I came away from the forums with a profound concern about the highly addictive and destructive nature of methamphetamine. Families are torn apart, lives are destroyed and treatment is difficult to get. ↗

— Greg Walden

#addictive #apart #away #came #concern

I don't worry. It's just not in my nature, really. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#just #nature #really #worry

You sit up there, and you see the whole gamut of human nature. Even if the case being argued involves only a little fellow and $50, it involves justice. That's what is important. ↗

— Earl Warren

#being #case #even #fellow #gamut

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

#i #i feel #linear #myself #nature