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  • Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.
    Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.
  • Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
    Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
  • Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
    Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
  • For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
    For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
  • Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
    Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
  • What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.
    What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.
  • Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.
    Human Nature is the only science of man and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.
  • Silence is an attribute of the dead; he who is alive speaks.

    Silence is an attribute of the dead; he who is alive speaks.
  • The mind is the emperor of the body.
    The mind is the emperor of the body.
  • The smile of a rose uplifts the nightingale.

    The smile of a rose uplifts the nightingale.