Human nature Quote by Erich Fromm

“Human "nature" is a nature continually in quest of itself, obliged at every moment to transcend what it was a moment before.”

— W.H. Auden

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

— Anonymous

“It's human nature to go against human nature”

— Reinod Rojas

Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.

— David Hume

“The scientists call it human nature; which is just a fancy term for the God-given flaws we have no intention of giving back.”

— Amor Towles

Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.

— Jose Saramago

Nature is simply the environment on earth in which man finds himself, and to treat it as a separate being in the image of…

— Murray Rothbard

“Human nature is not an empty notion, no purely abstract conception, but a reality, a particular manner of being, which includes distinctive habits, inclinations,…

— Herman Bavinck

When one speaks of humanity, the idea is fundamental that this is something which separates and distinguishes man from nature. In reality, however, there…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Human nature is a work in progress.

— Nick Bostrom

Human nature has been sold short...[humans have] a higher nature which...includes the need for meaningful work, for responsibility, for creativeness, for being fair and…

— Abraham Maslow

“Human nature must be something which always remains one and the same, but which may be carried out in manifold ways.”

— Wilhelm Von Humboldt