“Nature is infinitely rich and diverse in her ways. She can be seen to break her most unchanging laws. She has made… — Jan Potocki Copy Share Image
See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
I think most generations tend to learn the lesson of war the hard way. There is a deep attraction to the empowerment.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“It is a lovely oddity of human nature that a person is more inclined to interrupt two people in conversation than one… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
The yearning after equality [in economic outcome] is the offspring of envy and covetousness, and there is no possible plan for satisfying… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
I have never, in all my various travels, seen but two sorts of people I mean men and women, who always have… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
“Suddenly Dallington burst into speech. 'Listen, Lenox - I want to apologize...' Lenox waved a dismissive hand. 'You're young,' he said. 'There… — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
“Squabbling over too little is just human nature. But it says a great deal about a person, what they do with abundance.” — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“When the landed gentry cut up a seed cake for tea it makes no difference to the cake which of them holds… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Laws have never been able to change human nature, and only God can change hearts.” — Siri Mitchell Copy Share Image
Perfection is a myth, determination is rare, excuses are too common. — Albert V Tran Copy Share Image
The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Turning to the crimson pavilion, beneath the filters of its carved lattices, illumination baffles sleep. Why does the moon bear grudge as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm wary of a certain human nature. More than anything, I fear treason. — Mylene Farmer Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful forces in human nature is our belief that change is possible. — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter what happens after, what matters is, how you behave now.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Human consciousness becomes a terrible gift which challenges the power that gave it. — Alison Jolly Copy Share Image
The richness and variety, and indeed the advance, of our culture depend upon the continuation of this conflict [between conservatives and radicals],… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
“I am running and running, God knows where; God knows why?' 'Aren’t we all?” — Abhaidev Copy Share Image