The value of money has been settled by general consent to express our wants and our property, as letters were invented to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I wished to acquire the simplicity, native feelings, and virtues of savage life; to divest myself of the factitious habits, prejudices and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelming, consider more deeply… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“the quarrel is not against any particular points of hard digestion in the Christian system, but against religion in general; which, by… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Since there is no single set of abilities running throughout human nature, there is no single curriculum which all should undergo. Rather,… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“be wary of preaching that is so rigid and unforgiving of human nature.” — Devin Murphy Copy Share Image
The age of leaders has come and gone. You must be your own leader now. You must contain the spirit of our… — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
“Everyone must look out for himself, and the best time is had by those who're best able to decieve themselves.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“No one is born with equality. We all come here with varying degrees of opportunities, qualities, strengths, weaknesses, IQ, etc.” — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“Living the good life as created beings depends on living within the limits and according to the truths of the human condition.… — George Cardinal Pell Copy Share Image
Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature,… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
“True pluralism, as Berlin understands it, is much more tough-minded and intellectually bold: it rejects the view that all conflicts of values… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
“One of the most amazing commentaries on the fallen human nature to be found in all the Word of God is right… — Mark Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Animals better than people! Most of them have mind and they still primitive. — Tamerlan Kuzgov Copy Share Image
So how does the machine work that you have a financial crisis? How does deleveraging work - what is the nature of… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature. — Jessica Shirvington Copy Share Image
“I really can't handle talking about this for too long because it hurts too much, but I want to say that there… — Jennifer Mathieu Copy Share Image
“If I were asked to enumerate the pleasures of travel, this would be one of the greatest among them--that so often and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The love we seek overrules human nature. It has a wildness in it and a glory that we want more than life… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
A lot of the people in history who I really admire lived before the hyperinformation age we're living in. Even if they… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
That's something that seems to happen when I'm writing, where maybe things that don't necessarily make a lot of logical sense are… — Kurt Wagner Copy Share Image
“Man is an animal who has to live in a lie in order to live at all.” — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
...night possessed us and the shadow of death encompassed us, for we had fallen into sin and lost the power of sight… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
