Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The goal of astrology is the alchemy of personality. It is to transform chaos into cosmos, collective human nature into individual and… — Dane Rudhyar Copy Share Image
“Maybe man is nothing in particular,' Cross said gropingly. 'Maybe that's the terror of it. Man may be just anything at all.… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
Take us generally as a people, we are neither lazy nor idle; and considering how little we have to excite or stimulate… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
The true contrast between science and religion is that science unites the world and makes it possible for people of widely differing… — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
I say you don't need religion, or political ideology, to understand human nature. Science reveals that human nature is greedy and selfish,… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it? — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Man is, by nature, a slave of numbers; by nurture, a slave of slaves.” — Khayri R.R. Woulfe Copy Share Image
“If it did not exceed the capacity of human nature to foretell future events, it would be absurd to employ any prophecy… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“To Father Rothschild no passage was worse than any other. He thought of the sufferings of the saints, the mutability of human… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But… — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I guess everyone has their reasons for keeping people away, an instinct to protect yourself from getting hurt. It's part of human… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
“The eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person's mask.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons anti-immigration state laws start to happen is they happen in states where there is an enormous… — Rilla Askew Copy Share Image
There are some things in life that aren't meant to be controlled, and there are some things in life that simply cannot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He the Word that He might be glorified; the Word remaining quiescent, that He might be capable of being tempted, dishonoured, crucified,… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
99% of humans are ruthless inconsiderate selfish greedy monsters. 1% of them have feelings and is considerate. The fact that there is… — Dav Mar Copy Share Image
There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to… — Richard Le Gallienne Copy Share Image
