When there is in nature no fixed condition, how much less must there be in the life of a people, beings endowed with mobility and movement!
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
It is essential for genetic material to be able to make exact copies of itself; otherwise growth would produce disorder, life could not originate, and favourable forms would not be perpetuated by natural selection.
Therefore, I reasoned that study of the cell cycle responsible for the reproduction of cells was important and might even be illuminating about the nature of life.
What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning.
Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.
Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.
I've been learning how to shoot a gun and properly handcuff people so that on the day I need to pull someone down to the ground, it looks and feels natural for me.
It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever - bless them, dear creatures!
I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it's not forced. I can tell when it's natural or when someone is just trying to impress me.
If you're going to be at a job environment, you should love it. You shouldn't do it just for money. You should do it because you love it. And the money comes naturally.
American naturalism is what my indulgent actor side loves: a bit of Tennessee Williams, a bit of Clifford Odets, August Wilson - I would just love to tackle some of that.
I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.
I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.
Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.
Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.
We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.
By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.
It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war lurking just below the serene facade of nature.
