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“Nature reserves some of her choice rewards for days when her mood may appear to be somber.”

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Book:The Sense of Wonder

Source: The Sense of Wonder

“Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.”

Nature Mankind Industry Labor Rewards Proportion Industrious

Book:The Spirit of Laws

Source: The Spirit of Laws

“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.”

Wisdom Government Spirituality Nature Inspiring Environment Atheism Consequence Determination Rewards Environmental Punishment Natural Consequences

Author:Robert Green Ingersoll

“The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.”

Source: GIFT FROM THE SEA

“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”

Source: The Art of Seeing Things: Essays

“After decades of faithful study, ecologists have begun to fathom hidden likenesses among many interwoven systems. ...a canon of nature's laws, strategies, and principles... Nature runs on sunlight. Nature uses only the energy it needs. Nature fits form to function. Nature recycles everything. Nature rewards cooperation. Nature banks on diversity. Nature demands local expertise. Nature curbs excesses from within. Nature taps the power of limits.”

“O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and ruthless stepmother? I see thy children given into slavery to others without ever receiving any benefit, and in lieu of any reward for the services they have done for them they are repaid by the severest punishments.”

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Book:Note Books: Arranged and Rendered Into English, with Introd

Source: Note Books: Arranged and Rendered Into English, with Introd