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• “I feel that human complexity is of such nature that no God can explain it. And moreover, man tries to invent gods in order to confront chaos, in order to live in the environment of a suffocating or asphyxiating nature that offers little in the way of epiphany. Thus, I am a person of religious impulses, of great emotion, but at the same time I am endowed with the serenity of disbelief.”

  Nélida Piñon (1937–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Bruno's new religion of nature rested upon a pantheistic understanding of the universe. His infinite universe contained innumerable worlds, and its matter is eternally in motion. Bruno was the first philosopher to speculate seriously aboutthe possibility of life on other planets, and he believed nature to be one vast continuum wherein all life is constantly created and transformed.”

  Margaret Jacob (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I'm turning the mic and lens to nature. I can't wait to tell our stories as we conserve our precious landscapes and oceans for people and nature.”

  Smriti Vidyarthi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I became convinced that there was much to learn from the immense book called Nature, never enough studied, and that our ordinary system of construction was very poor, notwithstanding that we possessed the material... that enabled us to imitate nature.”

  Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908) said by 1908 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A theology at war with the laws of physical nature would be a battle of no doubtful issue. The laws of our spiritual nature give still less chance of success to the system which would thwart or stay them.”

  William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “No amusement seems more to have a foundation in our nature. The animation of youth overflows spontaneously in harmonious movements. The true idea of dancing entitles it to favor. Its end is to realize perfect grace in motion; and who does not know that a sense of the graceful is one of the higher faculties of our nature?”

  William Ellery Channing (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nature is none other than God in things... Animals and plants are living effects of Nature; Whence all of God is in all things... Think thus, of the sun in the crocus, in the narcissus, in the heliotrope, in the rooster, in the lion.”

  Giordano Bruno (attributed) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: In Paul A. Harrison, Elements of Pantheism (2004)

• “Man has ever expressed some symbolical Philosophy of his Being in his Works and Conduct; he announces himself and his Gospel of Nature; he is the Messiah of Nature.”

  Novalis (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Since it is Providence that determines the fates of men, their inner nature is thus brought into unison. There is such harmony, as in all things of nature, that one might explain the whole without referring to a higher Providence. But this only proves the more clearly and certainly this higher Providence, which has given existence to this harmony.”

  Wilhelm von Humboldt (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Equality is not a law of nature. Nature has made no two things equal: its sovereign law is subordination and dependence.”

  Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A man of letters is often a man with two natures,—one a book nature, the other a human nature, often clash sadly.”

  Edwin Percy Whipple (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To ascribe a purpose, even the most modest, the most unimportant, to Nature, is to equate her activity with that of a human being. At bottom it is indifferent whether one assumes that Nature's aim is to preserve the organism or to create a saintly, virtuous, human being. p. 152”

  Lev Shestov (1866–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.”

  Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “I strove with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved; and next to Nature, Art. I warm'd both hands against the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.”

  Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) said by 1864 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.”

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) said by 1882 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source

• “The smell of the ocean was stronger now, rank and enveloping, as if the bottom of the sea had turned over and littered the shore with its dead.”

  T.C. Boyle (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “But now, severed from the companion of my infancy, the partaker of all my thoughts, my cares, and my wishes, I was like one set afloat upon a stormy sea, hanging his safety upon a plank; night was closing upon him, and an unexpected surge had torn him from his hold and overwhelmed him forever.”

  Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810) said by 1810 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “We are like fish In this vast sea. And Satan fishes For you and me.”

  Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) first seen 1888 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Monish" (translated in J. Leftwich. Golden Peacock. Sci-Art, 1939, p. 56.), 1888.

• “What though the sea be calm? Trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd where late they danc'd before.”

  Robert Herrick (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “How proud upon your quarterdeck you stand, Conductor, Captain of the mighty bus! Like some Columbus you survey the Strand,A calm newcomer in a sea of fuss.”

  A. P. Herbert (1890–1971) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Seeing It Through", London Transport poster by Eric Kennington (1944).

• “Now gold hath sway; we all obey And a ruthless king is he; But he never shall send our ancient friend To be tost on the stormy sea.”

  Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872) first seen 1837 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The brave old Oak (lyrics, 1837).

• “Fight on land and sea All men want to be free If they don't never mind we'll abolish all mankind”

  Peter Weiss (1916–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Sometimes the air is awfully clear here. You can look off to sea and see the soft, warm, raggedy roof of clouds stretching on and on and on. It almost seems as if you can look right on into eternity.”

  James Jones (1921–1977) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Letter to his brother Jeff, from Hawaii (22 March 1942); p. 17

• “A part is greater than the whole; By hints are mysteries told. The fringes of eternity, — God's sweeping garment-fold, In that bright shred of glittering sea, I reach out for and hold.”

  Lucy Larcom (1824–1893) said by 1893 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Here sit I, as a little child; The threshold of God's door Is that clear band of chrysoprase; Now the vast temple floor, The blinding glory of the dome I bow my head before. Thy universe, O God, is home, In height or depth, to me; Yet here upon thy footstool green Content am I to be; Glad when is oped unto my need Some sea-like glimpse of Thee.”

  Lucy Larcom (1824–1893) said by 1893 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Darius was clearly of the opinion That the air is also man’s dominion, And that, with paddle or fin or pinion, We soon or late Shall navigate The azure, as now we sail the sea.”

  John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Thou breeze, That mak'st an organ of the mighty sea, Obedient to thy wilful phantasies, Provoke him not to scorn; but soft and low, As pious maid awakes her aged sire, On tiptoe stealing, whisper in his ear The tidings of the young god's victory.”

  Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The mountain rill Seeks with no surer flow the far bright sea, Than my unchang'd affections flow to thee.”

  Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Light lie before me and behind me night, And God within far Heaven refuse to light The consolation of the dawn for me,— Between the shadowy bournes of Heaven and Hell, It is enough love leaves my soul to dwell With Memory.”

  Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord! Star of Eternity! The only star By which the bark of man could navigate The sea of life and gain the coast of bliss Securely.”

  Robert Pollok (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “You shall not change, but a nobler race of men Shall walk beneath the stars and wander by the shore; I can not guess their glory, but I think the sky and sea Will bring to them more gladness than they brought to us of yore.”

  William Roscoe Thayer (1859–1923) said by 1923 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I was floating in a peaceful sea, rescued by a sinking ship.”

  Aaron Weiss first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: January 1979.

• “Daniel broke the king's decree, Peter stepped from the ship to the sea, There was hope for Job like a cut down tree, I hope that there's such hope for me.”

  Aaron Weiss wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “...to protect our position in the Norwegian and Arctic areas by threatening the flank of enemy operations against the northern Norwegian areas, and by attacking White Sea convoys...to tie down enemy forces in the Atlantic, so that they cannot operate in the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean or the Pacific.”

  Erich Raeder (1876–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quoted in Peter Charles Smith, The Great Ships Pass: British Battleships at War (1977).

• “All wars will be settled by sea power.”

  Erich Raeder (1876–1960) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: In Forrest Davis, "The Atlantic System: The Story of Anglo-American Control of the Seas" (1941), p. 221.

• “I bring Laura to the edge of the clapping crowd, and I watch her sink, becoming engulfed in the sea of clapter.”

  Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Give but an Englishman his whore and ease, Beef and a sea-coal fire, he's yours forever.”

  Thomas Otway (1652–1685) first seen 1682 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Venice Preserv'd (1682), Act ii. Sc. 3.

• “How many rivers must we cross before we learn that the flood is rising high And the bridges all have burned Each time another dream is washed into the sea It's another piece of you It's another piece of me.”

  Anastacia (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “For me, my craft is sailing on, Through mists to-day, clear seas anon. Whate’er the final harbor be ’T is good to sail upon the sea!”

  John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “To me, through every season dearest; In every scene, by day, by night, Thou, present to my mind appearest A quenchless star, forever bright; My solitary sole delight: Where’er I am, by shore—at sea— I think of thee.”

  David Macbeth Moir (1798–1851) said by 1851 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: When Thou at Eve art Roaming, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• “We twain have met like the ships upon the sea, Who hold an hour’s converse, so short, so sweet; One little hour! And then, away they speed On lonely paths, through mist and cloud and foam, To meet no more.”

  Alexander Smith (1829–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “It was the calm and silent night! Seven hundred years and fifty-three Had Rome been growing up to might, And now was queen of land and sea. No sound was heard of clashing wars, Peace brooded o’er the hushed domain; Apollo, Pallas, Jove, and Mars Held undisturbed their ancient reign In the solemn midnight, Centuries ago.”

  Alfred Domett (1811–1887) first seen 1833 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Christmas Hymn (1833), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• “As strong, as deep, as wide as is the sea, Though by the wind made restless as the wind, By billows fretted and by rocks confined, So strong, so deep, so wide my love for thee.”

  Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921) first seen 1874 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Sonnet II" in Scribner's Monthly Vol. IX (November 1874 - April 1875), p. 359.

• “The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a conservative organization. I am a conservative. You can't get more conservative than being a conservationist. Our entire raison de etre is to conserve and protect. The radicals of the world are destroying our oceans and our forests, our wildlife and our freedom.”

  Paul Watson (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving? Over the sea. Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving? All that love me!”

  Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809–1885) said by 1885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The glad indomitable sea, The strong white sun.”

  Bliss Carman (1861–1929) first seen 1919 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: A Sea Child, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• “I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.”

  Bryan Procter (1787–1874) said by 1874 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: The Sea, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

  Also quoted by: Bryan W. Procter

• “In the crisis of 1940 our leaders continually reminded us of those resources in the past which can be drawn upon to fortify a nation at war. While plunging into a sea of changes, novelties and inventions, England resumed contact with her traditions and threw out ropes to the preceding generations, as though in time of danger it was a good thing not to lose touch with the rest of the convoy.”

  Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Look when the clouds are blowing And all the winds are free: In fury of their going They fall upon the sea. But though the blast is frantic, And though the tempest raves, The deep immense Atlantic Is still beneath the waves.”

  Frederic William Henry Myers (1843–1901) said by 1901 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Under which head do you class those who are at sea?”

  Anacharsis (701–601 BC) said by 601 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Having been asked whether the dead or the living were more numerous., as quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, as translated by C. D. Yonge, (1853), "Anacharsis" sect. 5, p. 48

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