“Human nature is a vast impenetrable forest which no one can know in its entirety. Not even a mother knows her child’s… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
Literature seems to offer lessons in human nature that help us decode the world around us and be better friends. — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
“You’ve downloaded this information,” Cromwell said briskly, “so let’s make sure you understand it. We’ve been examining the evolution of combat, weaponry,… — S.J. Kincaid Copy Share Image
There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Beyond the fact that it is a limitless arena for the full play of human nature, there is no sure accounting for… — Herbert Wind Copy Share Image
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired. This maxim, drawn from… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“It will never be all that I want it to be… But it is always twice what I expected.” — James Qualls Copy Share Image
Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and… — Roy Baumeister Copy Share Image
The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to… — William Bartram Copy Share Image
No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field. — Jimmy Haslam Copy Share Image
Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. . . . This faith… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The idea that man is a tabula rasa, or Mao's sheet of blank paper upon which the most beautiful characters can be… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“Lincoln once began a letter saying: “Everybody likes a compliment.” William James said: “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
The first and most fundamental rule is: Consider social facts as things. — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
We must not expect simple answers to far-reaching questions. However far our gaze penetrates, there are always heights beyond which block our… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“...suddenly I got shivers down my spine thinking about how many different people one and the same person can be.” — Janne Teller Copy Share Image
Those who merely possess the goods of fortune may be haughty and insolent; . . . they try to imitate the great-souled… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
