"No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings." ― Denis Diderot Topic(s): Nature More From Denis Diderot "Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things." "Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man." "There are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint." More In Nature "I think that in today’s world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness."― Gary Chapman "Nature makes woman to be won and men to win."― George William Curtis "There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly."― R. Buckminster Fuller