The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Nowadays music just exploits the human nature, because people no longer see it as expressing their inner-most feelings but fuelling the listeners… — Juru Samuels Copy Share Image
I would write of the universal, not the provincial, in human nature.... I would write of characters, not of characteristics. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
“Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people… — Mary Matalin Copy Share Image
“I content myself with the fact that the general system of our trade is a system of selfishness, is not dictated by… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
Everything happens for a reason. Like, I kind of hear people go, 'Man, you've been in a lot of bands.' Yes, I… — John Corabi Copy Share Image
“Its complicated, on one level. On another, its the same old stupid story - we aren't enlightened. We disagree, fall in love,… — Zachary Rawlins Copy Share Image
Democracy in some ways is a very illogical political system. When you win an election, you have to preserve the institutions that… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
-We criticize -We analyze -But do we ever -Turn to see -We are all different -Never made the same -Some laugh, some… — Shmoopy Copy Share Image
“It could be said that a liberal education has the nature of a bequest, in that it looks upon the student as… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
The natural desire of the human mind is to become special - to become special in the ways of the world, to… — Osho Copy Share Image
“It is a pity that the beautiful Christian metaphor “salvation” has come to be so hackneyed and therefore so despised. It has… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“A predator is what you are, and nothing you can do will change that. But being a killer is a choice you… — Obie Williams Copy Share Image
Happy Hour: a depressing comment on the rest of the day and a victory for the most limited Dionysian view of human… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
With so much money riding on reported numbers, human nature is to manipulate them. And with so many doing it, you get… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause . . . . With equal, nay with greater reason,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“If your problems, stresses and life challenges don’t push you and don’t motivate you to do something about your life. If they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Without touch, what kind of culture do we create? One where isolation and disconnection reign.” — Ken Breniman Copy Share Image
After all, I quite naturally want to live in order to fulfill my whole capacity for living, and not in order to… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
