Albert Einstein on nature

I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.

How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

Nature does nothing uselessly.

Aristotle384–322 BCPolitics, Book I, 1253a.8

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

Baltasar Gracián1601–1658

• Art

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Gautama Buddha501–501 BC