“Human beings tend to be unable to estimate how biased they are.” — Jean-François Manzoni Copy Share Image
“I find a naturalistic understanding of human nature to be indispensable to leading a wise and mature life, and it is often… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Badgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think that the best movies are made, not from a point of view that depends on your personal history, whether it's… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
My greatest joy comes from creativity: from feeling that I have been able to identify a certain aspect of human nature and… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Born and nurtured when the human being first asked questions about the reason for things and their purpose, philosophy shows in different… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I'm such a product of my media diet... it's interesting that you say what I do is observational. It's observational as far… — Robert Sikoryak Copy Share Image
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. - Confucius” — Confucius Copy Share Image
Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me,… — Ed Mayo Copy Share Image
“Poetry reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feelings, reviews the relish of simple pleasures, keeps… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
“When people run out of probable things to do, they do improbable things.” — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The sentiments and emotions which every literary anatomist… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There are times when I, without willing it, mount to the height of contemplation; with my will I am drawn down from… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Learning, like love, death and eating, are fundamental human activities. It's at the core of human existence and its character has a… — Leon Botstein Copy Share Image
The chimpanzee and the human share about 99.5 percent of their evolutionary history, yet most human thinkers regard the chimp as a… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
“It is noted that from 1967 to 1995 essays on negative emotions far outnumbered those on positive emotions in the psychological literature.… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“I learned a lot about medicine in those years, but I learned more about human nature. I learned about bravery and resilience,… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
“For Mercy has a human heart; Pity, a human face; And Love, the human form divine: And Peace the human dress. Songs… — William Blake Copy Share Image
More and more research is suggesting that, far from being simply encoded in the genes, much of personality is a flexible and… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
Human nature turns out to be more complicated than the idea that people will get along if only the rules are clear… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
