"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding." ― Francis Bacon Topic(s): Nature Tags: nature, subtlety More From Francis Bacon "Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience." "A bachelor’s life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner." "Friends are thieves of time." More In Nature "The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it."― Murray Kempton "Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me – I am happy."― Hamlin Garland "If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God."― Reinhold Niebuhr