Nature & World Sayings

343 sayings found from 343 authors

The wise man, O Mazda, is he who continually keeps in mind Thy precepts and strives to establish Thy Kingdom on earth.

— Zoroaster c. 1500-1000 BCE
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Keep your mind pure, like the lotus in the water, untouched by its impurities.

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century CE
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This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

— Isaac Newton Approximate, from his scientific or theological works
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.

— Galileo Galilei Approximate
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We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.

— Alan Turing 1950
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Abstain from animals.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE
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There are no species in nature, only individuals.

— Carl Linnaeus c. 1770s
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The physician treats, but nature heals.

— Hippocrates c. 460-370 BCE
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Nature is nowhere accustomed to exhibit herself more openly than in her failures.

— William Harvey c. 1650s (attributed)
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Animals are not mere instruments for human use; they are beings with lives of their own, and they deserve our respect.

— Martha Nussbaum 2006
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We are facing a moral crisis of unprecedented proportions if we continue to ignore the suffering of animals.

— Peter Singer 2010
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Humans are storytelling animals, and we live in a world woven from stories.

— Yuval Noah Harari 2014
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A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.

— Ataturk (Mustafa Kemal) Approximate
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The seas of the four directions – all are born of one womb: why, then, do the wind and waves rise in discord?

— Meiji Emperor Late 19th - early 20th century
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Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.

— Leon Trotsky Unknown, likely 1920s-1930s
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When the water is high, the fish eat the ants. When the water recedes, the ants eat the fish.

— Pol Pot c. 1979
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The more I know about people, the more I like dogs. I simply like animals.

— Vladimir Putin Before 2016
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The sage is sharp but not cutting, pointed but not piercing, straightforward but not unrestrained, brilliant but not dazzling.

— Laozi 6th-4th century BCE
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I'm not a human being. I'm an animal.

— GG Allin Unknown
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I'm a force of nature. You can't control me.

— John McAfee Unknown
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