Nature of man Quote by Arnold J. Toynbee

“Tigers, indeed all animals, do not favour violence as a means of settling scores. When animals fight, it is with the intent to kill…

— Yann Martel

“The tiger’s world, by contrast, is not only amoral but peculiarly consequence-free, and this-the atavistic certainty that there is nothing more lethal than itself-is…

— John Vaillant

We would be better off thinking of nature as a tiger than as a docile and compliant automaton that can never threaten our survival.

— Bruno Latour

“Tigers, except when wounded or when man-eaters, are on the whole very good-tempered...Occassionally a tiger will object to too close an approach to its…

— Jim Corbett

We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature has assigned that they…

— John Chrysostom

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.

— Henry David Thoreau

“negativistic thinking. A necessary survival mechanism from when we were running from the tigers and bears. Keeping a lookout for the next potential threat.…

— T.J. Brearton

When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die.

— Gichin Funakoshi

Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the verge of extinction.

— Paul Craig Roberts

I've often felt that the Indian tiger has not been unleashed.

— Ratan Tata

In order to survive, the human race must defend itself.

— Erica Brown

A wounded tiger is a dangerous beast.

— Arthur Golden