“It's a basic rule of human nature that the promise of unexpected wealth short-circuits both intelligence and common sense.” — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
“Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The battle we are fighting is not against a particular group. It is against human nature itself, or at least what it… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
[Marriage] is the merciless revealer, the great white searchlight turned on the darkest places of human nature. — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
Our shouting is louder than our actions. Our swords are taller than us. That is our tragedy. — Nizar Qabbani Copy Share Image
Very strange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
God showers upon us his gifts-more than enough for all; But like swine scrambling for food, we tread them in the mire,… — Henry George Copy Share Image
A color stands abroad on solitary hills that silence cannot overtake, but human nature feels. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“W might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
There is nothing so noble and so right as to play our human life well and fitly, nor anything so difficult to… — Michel de Montaigne 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
In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I approached her like a gentleman and she brushed me off..(yrs later) Pulled up in a '13 Benz approached her like an… — Jasari Copy Share Image
It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
“We must not hate humanity, or despise humanity, or refuse to help humanity; but we must not trust humanity; in the sense… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there.… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
“As long as we live, our self-absorption and our insecurity will walk together, holding hands and swinging them back and forth like… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“Woulda, shoulda, coulda. It's human nature to assume that we have that sort of control over what happens to us, but the… — Rachel Van Dyken Copy Share Image
I am not conscious of a single experience throughout my three months' stay in England and Europe that made me feel that… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It is supposed to be true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don't believe knowing… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Clearly, the Fall was not just an isolated act of disobedience that could be quickly mended. Every part of God's good handiwork… — Charles W. Colson Copy Share Image
“Three days a week she helped at the Manor Nursing Home, where people proved their keenness by reciting received analyses of current… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“We are, however, creatures of containment. We want all things in life packed into boxes that we can label. But just because… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Favourable Chance, I fancy, is the god of all men who follow their own devices instead of obeying a law they believe… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Most people aren't cut out for value investing, because human nature shrinks from pain. — Jean-Marie Eveillard Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful forces in human nature is our belief that change is possible. — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
We sometimes feel the shadows have got hold of us, the shadows of evil. But still, it's up to us to fight. — Dan Totheroh Copy Share Image
To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted nonsense give to a hard working man — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can. — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Humanity has advanced in technology, not human nature. We treat each other just as bad today as we did 2000 years ago. — Drew Istotle Copy Share Image
I think it's part of human nature, that we want to achieve. It's definitely a kind of cosmopolitan nature, wanting to achieve… — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
With success comes complacency if you let it happen. It is human nature; there is that urge to think about how well… — Chris Coleman Copy Share Image
“The unceasing flow of thought in all its various forms is an inescapable and defining aspect of the human condition.” — Paul O'Brien Copy Share Image
“You don't have to be ashamed feel down, to have a good cry; we are human after all and it's the part… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making. — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
“Religions don't divide humanity but it's fanatics, politics and power hungry politicians that do.” — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
“We are all fighters. It is basic human nature. We strive to get somewhere in life or we fight for survival.” — Sarah Castille Copy Share Image
“Ambition interests me because it’s such a surefire indicator of damage.” — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
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