Highest among those who have exhibited human nature by means of dialogue stands Shakespeare. His variety is like the variety of nature,--endless… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“The courageous testimony of Dr. Faust that a maiden's smile is more precious than history, philosophy, education, religion, law, politics,economics, and all… — Osamu Dazai 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
“I suggested that a better understanding of human nature in the light of modern science can point the way to an approach… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
In one and the same human being there are cognitions that, however utterly dissimilar they are, yet have one and the same… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
What astonishes many of us is not so much that human nature is fundamentally corrupt; we are astonished rather that it does… — Morton Irving Seiden Copy Share Image
“He wondered at the atrocities human kind was capable of committing. The majority of those housed below were ill, mentally or physically,… — Brynn Chapman Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you a secret, Caitlin. We’re still in the cave. It’s just bigger, and we wear nicer clothes. We make… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
It's not human nature to be great. It's human nature to survive, to be average and do what you have to do… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
In fact, the libertarian would reason that the fact that human nature is a mixture of both good and evil provides its… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The process has now run full circle: Preaching originates in personal counseling; preaching is personal counseling on a group basis; personal counseling… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
“Does human nature undergo a true change in the cauldron of totalitarian violence? Does man lose his innate yearning for freedom? The… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
Michael Koryta isn’t just one of the finest authors working in the crime genre today. He’s simply one of today’s finest authors,… — William Kent Krueger 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
“War was so many things, and not the least of which confusion. What was wrong? What was right, for that matter? Was… — Kenzie Kovacs-Szabo Copy Share Image
“We do not need to eliminate religion, or let me be a bit articulate and say – we cannot eliminate religion from… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Human nature simply cannot subsist without a hope and aim of some kind; as the sanity of the Old Testament truly said,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
All human beings hang by a thread, an abyss may open under their feet at any moment, and yet they have to… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have been flown… — William James Copy Share Image
The cynic about human nature might say that religious morality is an effective way of keeping people in line. The threat of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Your natural tendency, human nature, is to always look and see if there's an opportunity. But that's something that I don't spend… — Monty Williams Copy Share Image
“This makes sense, since human nature is a constant. Trend following seeks to profit from this collective behavior of market participants, who… — Matthew R. Kratter Copy Share Image
As the pleasures of the body are the ones which we most often meet with, and as all men are capable of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Wall Street never changes, the pockets change, the suckers change, the stocks change, but Wall Street never changes, because human nature never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears,… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“Human nature, gentleman. It is original sin that leads men to misfortune, every time. I am a speculator in the market, gentlemen,… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
Watch human nature; we are so built that if we do not get thrilled in the right way, we will get thrilled… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Pride is a human nature and it's good for people to be proud of themselves, achievements, etc. but too much of anything… — Uzoma Nnadi Copy Share Image
“Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn't mean I have to take it. I don't… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“They thought man was a creature of rapacious self-interest, and yet they wanted him to be free- free, in essence, to contend,… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
We aren't really the victims. After all, we created the system ourselves and as long as we keep consuming, it will continue… — Renata Salecl Copy Share Image
Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or… — John Naisbitt Copy Share Image
“I agree with Rand that human nature is selfish, that we should help ourselves first and foremost. . . . Where I… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
If you have ever seen a four-year-old trying to lord it over a two-year-old, then you know what the basic problem of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image