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“The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.”

Desire Nature Property Train Equality Noble Reform Nobility Reformation

Book:Politics

Source: Politics

“Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.”

World Inspirational Science Universe Nature Space Study Discovery Noble Astronomy Cosmos Aviation Exploring Bishops Exalted Cosmology Friars

Author:Albertus Magnus

“The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we cannot expect to see the end of it. …So we must count on watching and striving for these trees, and should always be glad to find anything so surely good and noble to strive for.”

Should Stills Ends Fighting Nature Watches Tree Strive Noble Glad Forests Wilderness Bats Can Not

Author:John Muir

“There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.”

Feelings Political Nature Power Military Fine Exercise Noble Presidential Destructive Paradox Finest Unlimited Paradoxical Power Corrupts Unlimited Power Presidents Day Great Presidents

Book:William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids

Source: William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids

“We humans think we are smart, but an orchid, for example, knows how to produce noble, symmetrical flowers, and a snail knows how to make a beautiful, well-proportioned shell. Compared with their knowledge, ours is not worth much at all. We should bow deeply before the orchid and the snail and join our palms reverently before the monarch butterfly and the magnolia tree. The feeling of respect for all species will help us recognize the noblest nature in ourselves.”

Source: Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings

“There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.”

Soul Nature Delight Noble Inclination Majesty Serene Scenery Woodland

Author:Washington Irving

“The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.”

Source: Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution

“The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.”

Believe Character Light Belief Wish Nature Change Mass Charity Noble Generosity Generous Judged Wholeness Ardent

Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“Manners are not idle, but the fruit of loyal and of noble mind.”

Mind Nature Fruit Noble Manners Loyal Idle Courtesy

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)

“Nature in denying us perennial youth has at least invited us to become unselfish and noble.”

Nature Environment Youth Noble Invited Unselfish

Book:Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana

Source: Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana