What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.
Henry David Thoreau
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping... →
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
Planning to play: that's what saving for retirement is today - and it is antithetical to the nature of play, fully within the definition of work... →
John Thorn
It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our... →
Edward Thorndike
Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to... →
To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been... →
Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.