“Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.”– Baruch Spinoza Related Quotes “We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson “Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes – every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.”– Orison Swett Marden “My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.”– Lee Atwater