Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature. — Youssef Ziedan Copy Share Image
I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not. — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I am fascinated by people's flaws and delusions: all the messy bits of human nature we all try to pretend we don't… — Hattie Morahan Copy Share Image
Men are apt to be much more influenced by words than by the actual facts of the surrounding reality — Ivan Pavlov Copy Share Image
“Civilized are not those who never make mistakes – civilized are those who learn from their mistakes instead of trying to justify them.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What is to be done with people who can't read a Sunday paper without messing it all up?... Show me a Sunday… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to… — William Bartram Copy Share Image
“will you stay here? No. Will you go back? You can’t. We must, therefore, go on. That’s is our only hope. Horror… — James De Mille Copy Share Image
“It seems to be a law of human nature that those who live by the sea are suspicious of swimmers, just as… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
One can argue that true death only happens when the last bit of influence of yourself leaves this world and no longer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literature, properly so called, draws its sap from the deep soil of human nature's common and everlasting sympathies, the gathered leaf-mound of… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“262The Gospel is so rich, and the salvation purchased by Christ contains so many and diverse benefits, that the most varied needs… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
The theory that everyone acts from self-interest, direct or indirect, is psychologically unsound. . . . Throughout history . . . there… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
Scientists and philosophers tend to treat knowledge, imagination and love as if they were all very separate parts of human nature. But… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
It is human nature to want to believe in the wizardry of the magician--but also to turn against him and to scorn… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“So I learned then, that gold in it's native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and that only low-born metals excite the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It’s in our nature to want to watch our human frailties played out on a huge, epic canvas. Ancient societies had anthropomorphic… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“Men readily listen" to Utopias, "and are easily induced to believe that in some wonderful manner everybody will become everybody's friend, especially… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
“[For] decades, researchers have told us that the link between cataclysm and social disintegration is a myth perpetuated by movies, fiction, and… — Jonathan M. Katz Copy Share Image
“Charity is salt in the wound. It is painful. The state gives charity with the bitter hatred of a victim to his… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
“The world was perverse, set up in such a way that bad decisions seemed obvious only in retrospect.” — Jennifer Mugrage Copy Share Image
The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Guilt is one of those essential emotions. Without it, we could not call ourselves human. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“I knew something else, too: It's human nature to want to help and soothe and save with your love, but it's also… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
“Like enthusiasts in general, he made no inquiries into details of procedure.” — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“If you want to ask how evil begins, just look to basic human nature. What’s good gets bent, and bad is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Human nature loses its most precious quality when it is robbed of its sense of things beyond, unexplored and yet insistent. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Kolaigaran' is not a typical hero-villain subject. We explored the other side of human nature, which is grey. — Vijay Antony Copy Share Image
My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within. — William J. H. Boetcker Copy Share Image
“Oh, people get used to so many things," said Vadesh, "if only they give them selves a chance.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
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