An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
— Henri Matisse
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate Essence, that mainly rests the belief or unbelief in the existence around us of other conscious beings besides the Spirits of the Dead.
— Helena Blavatsky
American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.
— Helen Mirren
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
— Helen Keller
The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.
— Helen Garner
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.
— Heinrich Heine
The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.
— Havelock Ellis
Nature is the worst terrorist you can imagine.
— Harvey V. Fineberg
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn.
— Harry Browne
Nature doesn't need people - people need nature; nature would survive the extinction of the human being and go on just fine, but human culture, human beings, cannot survive without nature.
— Harrison Ford
But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that unless the nature be completely exercised, the moral state harmonized, the religion cannot be healthy?
— Harriet Martineau
Before I was hired by Obama's team as the CTO for his 2012 re-election campaign, I had certainly never been involved with anything of that nature before. Yet, I somehow knew I could do the job. I attribute that confidence to my experience as a hacker and the subsequent willingness to take risks.
— Harper Reed
I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.
— Harold Hamm
Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
— Harlan Stone
Heckles always vary. I mean, some people are just drunk, and it's nonsense, or, you know, some people just want to just repeat something I've said or add their own two cents about an opinion, but because of the nature of what I do and who I am, like, I also get the racist stuff, which is hard.
— Hari Kondabolu
In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.
Given the international nature of the tanker industry, it is important that global regimes are applied consistently and universally, not local or regional rules that do not recognise the total commercial and operating backdrop.
— Helmut Sohmen
The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism.
Any role that's proactive is a great role, and action roles are by their very nature proactive. You get to do stuff. I hate sitting in a corner - I'd much prefer an action role in a popcorn movie rather than pining in a corner not doing anything.
I know the lands are lit, with all the autumn blaze of Goldenrod.
— Helen Hunt Jackson
There is also a marked global trend towards sustainable agriculture, building on traditional methods which use fewer chemical inputs, carefully manage soil and water resources, and work hand-in-hand with nature.
— Helen Clark
If any of us were faced with a huge bag of free money and very little accountability, it would be human nature that you would make the most of it.
— Heather Brooke
I am fascinated by people's flaws and delusions: all the messy bits of human nature we all try to pretend we don't have.
— Hattie Morahan
When I'm off the clock, I usually play video games - or do something nature-y so I can contribute to Mother Nature.
— Harry Shum, Jr.
I am an actor and this is holding the mirror up to nature, as it were.
— Harry Dean Stanton
What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations.
— Harry A. Blackmun
I actually like snakes! When I was young, I was a boy scout nature camp counselor, and one of our projects was collecting snakes and creating an environment for them, so I'm quite familiar with snakes and think they're fantastic creatures.
Human nature is above all things lazy.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
— Harold Urey
Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.
— Harold Coffin
Culture is a part of basic human nature, of deep humanity.
— Haris Pasovic
Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
— Hanya Yanagihara
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.
Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them.
— Helen Rowland
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
I'm a boss by nature. I'm bossy. I'm not imperious, but I don't really want people to curtsy low before me and back out of rooms, but I do like to run things.
— Helen Hayes
It is not always possible or even right for a man to make his wife number one in his life. This is due to the nature of his life. His number one responsibility is to provide the living.
— Helen Andelin
If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.
In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region.
— Hassan Nasrallah
The thing is helicopters are different from airplanes An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or incompetent piloting, it will fly.
— Harry Reasoner
There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.
— Harry Crews
We have to understand in value what the services of nature are so that we can understand that degrading them is an irreplaceable resource that no amount of money or human ingenuity can replace.
It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.
The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.
— Harriet Ann Jacobs
We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
— Harold Ramis
I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
— Harmon Killebrew
There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.
— Hari Kunzru
