Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
Nature Quotes
In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, – no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, – my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, – all mean egotism vanishes. […]
Life went a-maying With Nature, Hope, and Poesy, When I was young!
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
For the eye is fastened on the life, and slights the circumstance. Every chemical substance, every plant, every animal in its growth, teaches the unity of cause, the variety of appearance.
It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man
Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.
We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it. Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and estate.
Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss’d thro’ the Void, by some rude Shock we’re broke, And all our boasted Fire is lost in Smoke.
I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.
