People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure and prophecy of the corporate life of man.
Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. I am glad to believe that the majority of persons do find their right vocation.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
Sunlight is painting.
By nature, I really am a fairly bouncy and sunny individual.
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
I think that in my plays you can come in for 20 minutes and get something out of it. I'd like to do a play that would run for days. I don't think time is that important. Nature doesn't hurry the sky, the changing clouds and sunsets.
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.
I think one of the most important directions to be pursued in the 'sciences of human action' is to develop a natural-law ethics based on nature rather than, or at least to supplement, ethics based on theological revelation.
Man never had an idea - man will never have an idea, except those supplied to him by his surroundings. Every idea in the world that man has came to him by nature.
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.
Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it.
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature.
I have a rebellious nature, and being told no is almost the surest way to get me to do something.
