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“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children for a picnic on a doubtful day, they will demand a dogmatic answer as to whether it will be fine or wet, and be disappointed in you when you cannot be sure.”

Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68

“The scientific study of Nature tends not only to correct and ennoble the intellectual conceptions of man; it serves also to ameliorate his physical condition.”

Men Nature Study Conditions Intellectual Conception

Book:History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science

Source: History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science

“Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.”

Needs Seems Nature Diversity Intellectual Unity Delight Convenience Complication

Author:Santiago Ramon y Cajal

“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”

“The entrance into Zen is the grasping of one's essential nature. It is absolutely impossible, however, to come to a clear understanding of our essential nature by any intellectual or philosophical method. It is accomplished only by the experience of self-realization through zazen.”

Self Understanding Nature Clear Impossible Essentials Intellectual Experience Philosophical Method Self Realization Realization Accomplished Entrances Grasping

Book:The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

Source: The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans

“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.”

Nature Teach Intellectual Garden Cat Function Intelligence Kitten Cat And Dog Funny Cat Cat Dog Cat Love Inspirational Cat Cute Cat Kitty Cat Rescue Cats Lake Wobegon

Author:Garrison Keillor

“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.”

Spiritual Spirituality Nature Keys Intellectual Environmental Satisfaction Aesthetic Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive Science Self-satisfaction Cognitive Dissonance

Author:E. O. Wilson

“Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose surging in our nature responds.”

Light Spirit Purpose Nature Intellectual Pursuit Mystical

Author:Arthur Eddington