Universal Laws

Famous quotes containing the words universal laws, universal and/or laws:

“The God whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“Surely the fates are forever kind, though Nature’s laws are more immutable than any despot’s, yet to man’s daily life they rarely seem rigid, but permit him to relax with license in summer weather. He is not harshly reminded of the things he may not do.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)