Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Nature Is Allah's Sign

In the heavens and the earth there are certainly signs for the believers. And in your creation and all the creatures He has scattered about there are signs for people with certainty.
(Surat al-Jathiyah: 3-4)

"Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man."
~ Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English statesman, lawyer, philosopher & essayist

"Nature is the art of God."
~ Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet & statesman

"Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God."
~ William Cowper (1731-1800) English poet from The Winter Walk at Noon

"Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of man."
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poet

"Nature has given to us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself."
~ Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) Spanish-born Roman (Stoic) philosopher, statesman & tutor of Nero

''Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth."
~ Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher & writer