Superiority Quote by Alexandra Fuller

“They grew up, moulded by the harsh or kindly pressure of their fellows, to be either well nurtured, generous, sound, or mentally crippled, bitter,…

— Olaf Stapledon

“Our genetic dispositions have a basis here- dispositions to dominate and to herd together for the sake of survival, to wander alone in hope…

— Richard Leo

“It seemed to Jack that if an ordinary human being, his own son, no one particular, could have this purity of mind, then perhaps…

— Sebastian Faulks

“I believe there is no one principle which predominates in human nature so much in every stage of life, from the cradle to the…

— David McCullough

As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.”

— John Calvin

“Nurture natures naturalness... the Truth.”

— Peter John Axelsen

“The most obstinate beliefs that mortals entertain about themselves are such as they have no evidence for beyond a constant, spontaneous pulsing of their…

— George Eliot

“Under an unsophisticated culture, inartificial tastes, and an unpretending outside, lay a secret power and fire that might have informed the brain and kindled…

— Charlotte Brontë

“Good, capable individuals unconsciously and consciously guard and nurture themselves and their spirits every day in all sorts of choices, large and small. Just…

— Donald Van de Mark

“We are a species of animal which is bringing about the end of the world we were born into. Not out of evil or…

— A.S. Byatt

“We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole”

— Seneca