#nature

For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#comet #created #drought #every #explain

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law. ↗

— John Dryden

#law #nature #self-defence

I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature. ↗

— Patty Duke

#around #because #colorful #funny #i

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#awe #character #elements #fire #forces

Nature has always had more force than education. ↗

— Voltaire

#education #force #had #more #nature

I'm very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog - It's the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling! ↗

— Zac Efron

#best #best way #come #competitive #feeling

What she craved and really felt herself entitled to was a situation in which the noblest attitude should also be the easiest. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#attitude

My focus is not on solving nature's deeper mysteries. It is on using nature's deeper mysteries to solve important societal problems. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#focus #important #mysteries #nature #problems

And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#capable #comparable #discovery #give #happiness

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#designed #hold #magnet #material #memory