Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.
In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature.
But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void, because it is repugnant to the law of nature and of nations.
For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK.
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.
Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
Grief is a normal and natural response to loss. It is originally an unlearned feeling process. Keeping grief inside increases your pain.
The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.
The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.
The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.
What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
I deeply believe that marriage is by nature between a man and a woman, but that conviction does not prevent me from recognising that other forms of affective relationships exist.
I don't devour huge amounts of television. I'm more naturally inclined to watch movies, but given my job, I need to have an understanding of what's on TV.
Most of the performances I see on TV and in movies are so self-conscious and overacted. I would think a natural actress would be welcome.
Marilyn Lovell: Naturally, it's 13. Why 13? Jim Lovell: It comes after 12, hon.
Let's start with the church. As you know, it's my background, it's a natural setting for me and it's definitely my roots.
Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.
