Nature & World Sayings
140 sayings found from the Modern era from 140 authors
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We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.
A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.
The seas of the four directions – all are born of one womb: why, then, do the wind and waves rise in discord?
Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.
When the water is high, the fish eat the ants. When the water recedes, the ants eat the fish.
Man is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't satisfactory.
Come on! ye prosecutors! ye false swearers! All hell, boil over! Ye burning mountains, roll down your lava! for I will come out on the top at last.
It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood.
Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.
I have been thinking about the nature of things, and I have come to the conclusion that there is a good deal of it.
Man is an animal who is constantly striving to rise to a higher altitude.
We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning.
The scientist's task is to find the laws of nature, not to invent them.
The human organism is a highly ordered and organized system, which maintains its order by continually drawing order from its environment.
The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely large.
Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
The game is to find out how nature works.
Nature makes penicillin; I just found it.
The more evidence I collect, the closer I feel to understanding the true nature of DNA.