We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
Harold RamisHowever much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
Ivan TurgenevSuch fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
Ludovico AriostoTechnology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
Laura EsquivelThe very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
Mary ShelleyCruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of it if we would.
Thomas HardyUnless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
Walter ScottI call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.
Roland BarthesWhen it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
Rene DescartesReligion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.
Teju Cole