Nature of man Quotes · Page 200

“Technology has not made humanity any wiser, it has only made us more dangerous.”

— James Rozoff

The goal of the human soul is conquest, perfection, security, superiority.

— Alfred Adler

Censorship is the strongest drive in human nature; sex is a weak second

— Phil Kerby

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

— Alexander Hamilton

“polite society is just a paper thin veil that masks the true animal nature of man”. ”

— Dirk Patton

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories. Ralph Steadman I like being absurd.

— Jimmy Fallon

“Music and symbols, they're older than human race. Prehuman beings used them to teach early mankind.”

— Toba Beta

We humans actually need help controlling our impulses - nudges.

— Richard Thaler

We live in an age when the traditional great subjects - the human form, the landscape, even newer traditions such as abstract…

— Andy Warhol

Nor is a day lived if the dawn is left out of it, with the prospects it opens. Who speaks charmingly of…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

'Star Trek' episodes always insisted that humanity is on its bumpy way to what will be a glorious future in the 23rd…

— Gene Roddenberry

Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make…

— Joseph Campbell

Cooperation for mutual benefit, a survival strategy very common in natural systems, is one that humanity needs to emulate.

— Eugene Odum

The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had…

— Adam Ferguson

The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction.

— Eckhart Tolle

“large systems of cooperation that involve not twenty-two but thousands or even millions of humans require the handling and storage of huge…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“In every known culture, humans experience joy, sadness, disgust, anger, fear, and surprise. In every known culture, these emotions are indicated by…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“Observe that for the novelist who has remained Christian, like myself, man is someone creating himself or destroying himself. He is not…

— François Mauriac

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort,…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

A single nation that has succeeded in lowering the intelligence, the morality, the quality of the human race almost throughout the globe…

— Henry de Montherlant

“The presence of God compelled human[s] to quest for an ideal. They had to strive for something to win God's blessing… Nietzsche…

— Mark Edmundson

I think portraying human beings trying to hold on to their humanity against pretty much certain odds that they'll die horribly in…

— Scott M. Gimple

I'm expressing the feelings of mankind today through the Blue Dog. The dog is always having problems of the heart, of growing…

— George Rodrigue

As to the human race. There are many pretty and winning things about the human race. It is perhaps the poorest of…

— Mark Twain

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

— Marcus Aurelius

May equality prevail in temple sanctums, without discrimination between humans.

— M. K. Stalin

There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild.

— Ben Okri

“The capacity of mankind to misunderstand the world is without limit.”

— Bill James

Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.

— Anonymous

We're trying to raise good humans, and some days, we're better at it than others. You don't always get treats.

— Katie Holmes

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.

— Jef Raskin

“Once we are made aware of the universality of our angsts and joys, we become one under the sky of humanity”

— Mala Naidoo

Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

— Anonymous

“BORDERS, NATIONALISM and IDENTITY have always been the worst enemies of HUMANITY”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Humans only see what they want to see, where they are in their minds, who they want to be”

— Cameron Jace

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example.

— Fred Hoyle

God fills the gaps of human need, Each crisis brings its word and deed.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

“Sediments of stones scatter as the ego hath crushed, weather of life changes every form , be it rock or a human!”

— Soumya V

Each species on our planet plays a role in the healthy functioning of natural ecosystems, on which humans depend.

— William H. Schlesinger

“Stubbornness one of the remarkable characteristic of the human being”

— Anthony R. Gomez L