I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.

There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment but it was Freud who provided the radically new understanding of human nature that made any religious explanation of the whats and whys of our personhood seem naive.

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

Go forth under the open sky and list To Nature's teachings.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

Nature never makes any blunders when she makes a fool she means it.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand rejoice for your soul is alive.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy if the simplest things of nature have a message that you understand rejoice for your soul is alive.