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Nature Quotes

Nature seen through curiosity, method, and connection.

Most of these quotes come from a scientific perspective, exploring how questioning and method shape what we understand as nature rather than treating it as something purely separate from us. For quotes that turn nature into short, shareable lines, see Captions.

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.

Quotes by Samuel Smiles

The best-regulated home is always that in which the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. Moral discipline acts with the force of a law of nature.

Quotes by Samuel Smiles

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.

Quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

Quotes by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.

Quotes by Samuel West

I've gotten more flack from the remake nature of our 'Being Human' from American audiences than I have from British fans. Every fan of the BBC original that I've bumped into seemed very excited and interested in seeing what we...

Quotes by Samuel Witwer

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

Quotes by Samuel Richardson

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.

Quotes by Samuel Daniel

The stars that have most glory have no rest.

Quotes by Samuel Daniel

Our country's liberation struggle arose as a consequence of the contradiction between colonized and colonizers, between exploited and exploiters. Reformist patterns of nationalist pressure were precluded by the very nature of colonial fascism.

Quotes by Samora Machel

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.

Quotes by Samuel Adams

Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.

Quotes by Samuel Adams

Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life.

Quotes by Samuel Alexander

My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.

Quotes by Sam Yagan

In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.

Quotes by Sam Trammell

There's something about the expanse of nature that forces you to think clearly.

Quotes by Sam Jaeger

The more that I looked at DNA, the more I realized it was nature and nurture. It's how genes and your environment work together to produce the person you are.

Quotes by Sam Kean

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about studying nature scientifically?
One quote reflects on how deep inquiry into nature leads to bigger questions, noting that "Whoever dedicates his life to searching out particular connections of nature will spontaneously be confronted with the question how they harmoniously fit into the whole." For more thoughtful lines, see our Suvichar collection.
Is there a quote about how we perceive nature?
Yes - one quote makes a subtle point: "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning," suggesting our tools and methods shape what we actually see. Browse more in our Anmol Vachan page.
Does the collection explore the relationship between science and nature?
One quote puts it directly: "Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves."
Is there a quote connecting nature to social issues?
Yes - one quote uses the word in a different sense, discussing "the systemic nature of educational inequity" and why continued long-term commitment matters. For more creative writing inspired by nature, see our Poems section.
Are these quotes mostly scientific or more reflective?
A blend of both - several take a philosophical view of nature and our place within it, useful for captions or quiet reflection. Explore more in our Captions collection.

One entry shifts away from physics entirely, pointing to deep-rooted inequity in education as a problem still tied to the word. Readers who enjoy nature-inspired verse can browse Poems, while Suvichar offers a more contemplative angle.