Quotes about Nature
No man was created good by God, nor can be made entirely bad by man.
— Victor Hugo
I am not enthusiastic over your Jesus, who preaches renunciation and sacrifice to the last extremity. 'Tis the counsel of an avaricious man to beggars. Renunciation; why? Sacrifice; to what end? I do not see one wolf immolating himself for the happiness of another wolf. Let us stick to nature, then.
— Victor Hugo
All the birds that fly hold the thread of infinity in their claws. Germination
— Victor Hugo
His only theatre is the free show that god provides, the sky and the stars, flowers and children, mankind who's sufferings he shares and the created world in which he is trying his wings
— Victor Hugo
The most ferocious creatures are disarmed by caresses bestowed on their young.
— Victor Hugo
Never, even among animals, does the creature born to be a dove change into an osprey. That is only to be seen among men.
— Victor Hugo
The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young
— Victor Hugo
God will reward you, he said. You must be an angel since you care for flowers. I'm no angel, she replied. I'm the devil, but it's all the same to me.
— Victor Hugo
What more do you need? A little garden to walk in, and immensity to reflect on. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate on; a few flowers on earth and all the stars in heaven.
— Victor Hugo
It is sometimes no less startling to meet the dog than the wolf
— Victor Hugo
To divinise is human, to humanise is divine.
— Victor Hugo
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.