It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be… — Robert Herjavec Copy Share Image
Compassion does not only refine and civilize human nature, but has something in it more pleasing and agreeable, than what can be… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
“It is fundamental to both Taoist and Confucian thought that the natural man is to be trusted, and from their standpoint it… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman whos broken, put… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Half the time, when I first run onstage, I can't look directly at the audience just because of self-consciousness. It's human nature.… — Borns Copy Share Image
“Through creativity, we are seamlessly connected and sustained as we pull back the veil, revealing beneath our differences and distinctive characteristics, human… — Brian Bowers Copy Share Image
We suffer not from overproduction but from undercirculation. You have heard of technocracy. I wish I had those fellows for my competitors.… — Charles Kettering Copy Share Image
The only peace we can find is in our soul, when we accept the truth of our nature, the beauty of God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All of us want to be better. Human nature is always seeking advancement. — Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey Copy Share Image
“Man has one name, and many more than two natures. But the essential two are these: that he shall strive to impose… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
Dreams are impartial, spontaneous products of the unconscious psyche, outside the control of the will. They are pure nature; they show us… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
To hope for a true change of human life without a change of human nature is an irrational and unspiritual proposition. — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
I've had a pretty good lesson in human nature. It's more important to try to surround yourself with people who can give… — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
That human beings seek their own well-being and that of those close to them is not an especially provocative discovery. What is… — Thomas Woods Copy Share Image
When we reflect upon the cruelties daily practised upon such of the animal creation as are given us for food, or which… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
“Ginny Cupper took me in her car out to the spread fields of Indiana. Parking near the edge of woods and walking… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco. — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
“But, on the other hand, the study of music is one of the best ways to learn about human nature. This is… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
“J. R. R. Tolkien, the near-universally-hailed father of modern epic fantasy, crafted his magnum opus The Lord of the Rings to explore… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“Human beings wear clothing and walk upright, but when you take that away, we're nothing but monkeys.” — Osamu Tezuka Copy Share Image
In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Eve's Fall symbolizes women's invention of agriculture, which came to be seen as the Original Sin that caused the loss of Paradise.… — Robert S. McElvaine Copy Share Image
If human nature eventually is going to take the place of nature everywhere, those of us who have been naturalists will have… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
“To discover that the Universe is some 8 to 15 billion and not 6 to 12 thousand years old* improves our appreciation… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“It is human nature for self-doubt to occasionally creep in and take up residence. It happens to even the most successful people… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Nothing is more natural to men in office, than to look with peculiar deference towards that authority to which they owe their… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
These are not vague inferences . . . but they are solid conclusions drawn from the natural and necessary progress of human affairs. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is… — Christopher Gadsden Copy Share Image
When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
“the most powerful force in human nature is the spiritual-power technique taught in the Bible . . . faith in God, faith in other… — Tim Sanders Copy Share Image
“Now, are those engaged in the business of governing any different by nature from those they govern?" "Yes. They're prideful and tend… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
“Depend upon it, you see but half. You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. There will be little… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles;… — Michael Loceff Copy Share Image
