Quotes of: Natural-disaster Keyword

I think it is our nature to believe evil always has an ugly face,” he said, ignoring my question. “Beauty is supposed to be good and kind, and to discover it otherwise is like a betrayal of trust. A violation of the nature of things.

Stolen Songbird

Mother nature changes her looks for the same reason any woman changes her looks—to be noticed.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

It is very much in the interest of the food industry to exacerbate our anxieties about what to eat, the better to then assuage them with new products.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Suffering... is not just lots of pain but pain amplified by distinctly human emotions such as regret, self-pity, shame, humiliation, and dread.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

There comes a time in the development of every ego when it must love its neighbors or become a twisted and stunted personality.

Peace of Mind: Insights on Human Nature That Can Change Your Life

This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

[N]one of us drinks the chalice of our existence to the last drop. None of us is fully obedient. Each of us falls short of the human nature entrusted to us.

Poverty of Spirit

Humans are part of nature, and nature is one great big wood chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones, and hair.

Player One: What Is to Become of Us

In modern times, nationalism is the most copious and durable source of mass enthusiasm, and that nationalist fervor must be tapped if the drastic changes projected and initiated by revolutionary enthusiasm are to be consummated.

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil.

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

I learned many things about human nature, but one of the greatest is the nobility inherent within us all, for one of the greatest things about being human is the ability to be humane

Torn From the Inside Out

Human nature is always interesting... And it's curious to see how certain types always tend to act in exactly the same way." - Miss Marple, The Herb of Death, Pg. 167

The Thirteen Problems

Change is nature’s way of offering us the opportunity to explore the parameters of our humanity and potential. Don’t fight it, embrace it. There is a magical experience awaiting those who embrace this natural process.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

No fact in human nature is more characteristic than its willingness to live on a chance. The existence of the chance makes the difference… between a life of which the keynote is resignation and a life of which the keynote is hope.

The Varieties of Religious Experience

As an observer of human nature, let's just face the facts: stupid stuff sells, and often the more stupid and silly it is, the better it sells.

We All Need Heroes: Stories of the Brave and Foolish

Babbage had most of this system sketched out by 1837, but the first true computer to use this programmable architecture didn’t appear for more than a hundred years.

Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

Men with high baseline levels of testosterone marry less frequently, have more adulterous affairs, commit more spousal abuse, and divorce more often.

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

A lone peak of high point is a natural focal point in the landscape, something by which both travelers and local orient themselves. In the continuum of landscape, mountains are discontinuity -- culminating in high points, natural barriers, unearthly ...

Wanderlust: A History of Walking

Our way is not to sit to acquire something; it is to express our true nature. That is our practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Natural gas will displace coal in power generation. Getting natural gas into the transportation fleet is harder. It works best for vehicles that work from centralized fueling facilities like trucking fleets or buses and cabs. That is happening. Befor...

John S. Watson

The natural world is the only one we have. To try to not see the natural world - to put on blinders and avoid seeing it - would for me seem like a form of madness. I'm also interested in the way landscape shapes individuals and populations, and from ...

Rick Bass