#natural

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#awaken #best #books #his #interest

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. ↗

— William Cobbett

#cause #common #common cause #consider #enough

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#him #life #love #man #men

For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness. ↗

— David Copperfield

#being #competing #conquest #father #i

I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. ↗

— Ice Cube

#cause #god #i #islam #just

The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College. ↗

— Godfried Danneels

#also #boston #college #conference #crash

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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The question of whether there exists a supernatural creator, a God, is one of the most important that we have to answer. I think that it is a scientific question. My answer is no. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#creator #exists #god #i #i think

Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#action #behalf #inclined #into #men

To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming. ↗

— Mos Def

#different things #instrument #just #me #natural