Nature Quotes (2807 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Daphne Zuniga
„The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature.“
― Daphne Zuniga ―
Picture of quotation author Mortimer Zuckerman
„Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.“
Picture of quotation author Zig Ziglar
„When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.“
― Zig Ziglar ―
Picture of quotation author Zig Ziglar
„I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.“
― Zig Ziglar ―
Picture of quotation author Youssef Ziedan
„Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature.“
― Youssef Ziedan ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„Human nature is what Heaven supplies.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Xun Zi
„Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.“
― Xun Zi ―
Picture of quotation author Zhuangzi
„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.“
― Zhuangzi ―
Picture of quotation author Theodore Zeldin
„We imagine that human nature doesn't change. We like to say that but I don't think it's true because we have, in the course of the centuries, altered ourselves.“
― Theodore Zeldin ―
Picture of quotation author Pieter Zeeman
„Nature gives us all, including Prof. Lorentz, surprises. It was very quickly found that there are many exceptions to the rule of splitting of the lines only into triplets.“
― Pieter Zeeman ―
Picture of quotation author Mao Zedong
„Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.“
― Mao Zedong ―
Picture of quotation author Richard D. Zanuck
„I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's escapism, and that, of course, is what the movies are supposed to be all about. Ultimately, I think it's just part of human nature to pretend.“
Picture of quotation author Koren Zailckas
„It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.“
― Koren Zailckas ―

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