Bertrand Russell Life, Philosophy, Nature
Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature. Evangelista Torricelli
Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature.
The highest powers in our nature are our sense of moral excellence, the principple of reason and reflection, benevolence to our creatures and our love of the Divine Being. Edward Jenner
The highest powers in our nature are our sense of moral excellence, the principple of reason and reflection, benevolence to our creatures and our love of the Divine Being.
The phrase 'nature and nurture' is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Francis Galton
The phrase 'nature and nurture' is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed.
If this suggestion is correct, the beginning of the world happened a little before the beginning of space and time. I think that such a beginning of the world is far enough from the present order of Nature to be not at all repugnant. Georges Lemaître
If this suggestion is correct, the beginning of the world happened a little before the beginning of space and time. I think that such a beginning of the world is far enough from the present order of Nature to be not at all repugnant.
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. Euclid
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.
Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer. Humphry Davy
Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer.
“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” Flannery O'Connor
“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.”
Nature never jests. Albrecht von Haller
Nature never jests.
At no other time has Nature concentrated such a wealth of valuable nourishment into such a small space as in the cocoa bean. Alexander von Humboldt
At no other time has Nature concentrated such a wealth of valuable nourishment into such a small space as in the cocoa bean.
People don't realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature. Saul Bellow
People don't realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature.
Nature makes penicillin; I just found it. Alexander Fleming
Nature makes penicillin; I just found it.
I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves. Alexander von Humboldt
I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.