#natur

Formal mathematics is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your mathematics is. ↗

— Leslie Lamport

#nature

True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#wit #writing #nature

Sometimes in the summer evenings they walked up the hill to watch the afterglow clinging to the tops of the western mountains and to feel the breeze drawn into the valley by the rising day-heated air. Usually they stood silently for a while and breathed in peacefulness. Since both were shy they never talked about themselves. Neither knew about the other at all. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#men #mountains #nature #personality #women

It's only human nature for dogs to chase motorbikes ↗

— Peter Tinniswood

#nature

Nature is not the number-one mystery, I’ve learned. It’s the heart that takes top honors. ↗

— Beth Kephart

#mysteries #nature

A few blossoms float into the room. They drop like frayed yellow ribbons on the gray carpet. ↗

— Eileen Granfors

#flowers #nature #nature

There is something deep within us that sobs at endings. Why, God, does everything have to end? Why does all nature grow old? Why do spring and summer have to go? ↗

— Joe L. Wheeler

#god #nature #summer #nature

The Mississippi and its paddle boats, and the rivers of Bengal and their gleaming steamers evoked a similar atmosphere of romance, of long, song-filled voyages, high winds and lonely sunsets. ↗

— Qurratulain Hyder

#nature #poetry #nature

Most druids fall into two groups: sticks or stones. Wood has some wonderful properties, but it has a tendency to react too much with the user for my particular taste. Because they retain some of their own innate essence, using wands becomes almost a partnership. You have to be very nature-oriented to use them to their best advantage. ↗

— Mark Del Franco

#wand #nature

The invisible people knew that happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved from the outside in. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#mankind #nature