Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.
Nature & EnvironmentJules Verne in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaComment
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
StormJules Verne in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaComment
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
LawJules Verne in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaComment
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
OceanJules Verne in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaComment