Quotes of: Naturalism Keyword

Moderation is the only rule of a healthful life. This means moderation in all things wholesome.

The Science and Fine Art of Natural Hygiene

As much as I don't care about those things, I think it's human nature to not want to feel totally insignificant.

Second Helpings

If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers.

Money, Possessions and Eternity

This is England," he explained. "Tell someone it's a procedure, and they'll believe you. The pointless procedure is one of our great natural resources.

The Madness Underneath

Certainly there is life and there is death, but even in death, if we look closely enough, we will find grace.

The Nature of Things - Navigating Everyday Life with Grace

Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears.

'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism'

More than anything, I like just being there while he works, doing what he knows to do, in his own place.

The Nature of Jade

If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by courage, awareness, tranquility and peace nature will serve you.

Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, -- he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me

Nature

Yet, whether to the glory or to the shame of human nature, in what we call pleasure (with an excess of scorn, perhaps) there are abysses as deep as those of love.

Les Diaboliques

Just like your body naturally responds positively to some foods, your mind naturally responds positively to some thoughts.

The Love Mindset

It seems to be a law of human nature that those who live by the sea are suspicious of swimmers, just as those who live in the mountains are suspicious of mountain climbers.

Life of Pi

The only purpose of our lives consists in waking each other up and being there for each other.

Moon Time: The Art of Harmony with Nature and Lunar Cycles

Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris.

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

The true socialist utopia turns out to be a field of F-1 hybrid plants.

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

Reversing the historical trajectory of human eating, for this meal the forest would be feeding us again.

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

When someone close to you dies, you feel like you might die too. It takes some of the life out of you for a time.

Poems about Nature, Grief and Childhood

Evolution has taught them that pointless harm will ultimately harm themselves.

Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures

Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.

Père Goriot

War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love of honor, without selfish motives.

Perpetual Peace

What is perfect, anyway? The absence of perfection and the existence of human nature in place of something we want to do or we don’t want to do, is an excuse, not an exoneration.

Paper Souls