Natural Quotes - Page 40
It seems as if the day was not wholly profane in which we have given heed to some natural object.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt McLaughlin (2010). “The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.53, North Atlantic Books
Don't set out to teach theism from your natural history... You spoil both.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1959). “Emerson: A Modern Anthology”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.232
All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.9, Library of America
All nobility in its beginnings was somebody's natural superiority.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.243
Rainer Maria Rilke (2001). “Letters to a Young Poet”
Rachel Caine (2011). “Last Breath: The Morganville Vampires”, p.72, Penguin
There is nothing evil but what is within us; the rest is either natural or accidental.
Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.136
Philip Roth (1995). “Sabbath's Theater”, p.458, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
History unravels; circumstances, following their natural inclination, prefer to remain ravelled.
Penelope Lively (2007). “Moon Tiger”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Paul De Man (1986). “The Resistance to Theory”, p.11, Manchester University Press