Nature of man Quotes · Page 116

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

— John Steinbeck

I think being forced to do something is the worst manupulation that mankind has formed

— Anonymous

Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness.

— Thomas Carlyle

How the purer spirit is united to his clod, is a knot too hard for fallen humanity to untie.

— Joseph Glanvill

I think that no human gets away unscathed in this old life. We've all experienced loss and grief and pain and tragedy.

— Sissy Spacek

In terms of adaptability, humans are pretty amazingly useless.

— Bill Bryson

“There is no other help or hope for human weakness but God's love and patience.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“The human body is the most ordinary of things, yet also the most extraordinary.”

— Will Forest

“Hebrew, there’s a little play on words between the human (“adam”) and the earth (“adamah”). Thanks to God’s breath of life, the…

— Danielle Shroyer

Human nature at times is unfortunately very ugly and I learned the world can be a very ugly place. For as much…

— Gerard Way

I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For…

— C. S. Lewis

I think after a time there won't be anything left to be interesting for mankind. Computers are about to do everything for…

— Damian Marley

An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value…

— Maria Montessori

“It is a Siren's burden," she whispered, "So much strength, so much pain. You will feel the weight of humanity on your…

— Kaylynne Spauls

In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and,…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Looking around, I thought the human species was in fine shape and tried to think of something more beautiful than women and…

— Pat Conroy

“There was I, then, mounted aloft; I, who had said I could not bear the shame of standing on my natural feet…

— Charlotte Brontë

The inner self of every human waits patiently until we are ready to discover it; then it extends an invitation to enter…

— Deepak Chopra

God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“The book was called Man’s Search for Meaning by the Jewish author Viktor Frankl. The book had been a real-life story about…

— Erik Hamre

“The race is now on between the technoscientific and scientific forces that are destroying the living environment and those that can be…

— Anonymous

Fundamentally, if you look at where the environmental issues are coming from, it's all because of humans and our impact on the…

— David Filo

Whoever would not remain in complete ignorance of the resources which cause him to act; whoever would seize, at a single philosophical…

— Franz Joseph Gall

“There are two aspects to the life of every man: the personal life, which is free in proportion as its interests are…

— Leo Tolstoy

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

— Don Marquis

Nature repairs her ravages,--repairs them with her sunshine and with human labor.

— George Eliot

Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status.

— Octavia Butler

Don't ever sell mankind short by saying there's anything they can't do.

— Fredric Brown

Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.

— Hugh Blair

Living life is about examining life through reason, natures greatest gift to humanity.

— Senoraroy

As humans we are born of the Earth, nourished by the Earth, healed by the Earth.

— Thomas Berry

I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines.

— Claude Shannon

It's okay to learn from your mistakes, and it's okay to be human.

— Jonathan Scott

I believe that love is the main cause of all human suffering

— Aruho Marwin Machiaveli

I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.”

— Thomas Paine

“Out of all human emotions, none is more primitive, and has a longer lasting effect on the body, than hatred.”

— Kei Ohishi

I think living with humility, and serving with humility, is one of the most important things humans can do.

— Jonny Kim

My love for you is the sole image / Of God a human is allowed.

— Else Lasker-Schuler

The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.

— Mahatma Gandhi