Attention Quote by Noam Chomsky

Human nature is disposed to do good.

— Mencius

Just as a person who is always asserting that he is too good-natured is the very one from whom to expect, on some occasion,…

— Simone Weil

I worry that even well-intentioned attempts to "improve nature" (say by reducing suffering) will make things worse even in their own terms.

— Dale Jamieson

“But as history clearly shows, most people, whether because of nature or nurture, generally put their own interests ahead of others’. This doesn’t make…

— Steven D. Levitt

That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another whatever is not good for its own self

— Edward Steichen

The belief that the world is getting worse, that we can't solve extreme poverty and disease, isn't just mistaken. It is harmful.

— Bill Gates

“Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral…

— Nayef Al-Rodhan

The permaculture's whole principle of having to work with nature, rather than fight against it, is not just an ethical restraint. It's also about…

— David Holmgren

Good nature is often a mere matter of health.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I know a 'crime against nature' when I see one. It is usually a sign of crimes against nature that we cannot bear to…

— Matthew Scully

I really think admiration for nature can save us. I mean true admiration, to the point of not letting it be harmed.

— Alice Walker

I think one can achieve a very pleasant lifestyle by treating human beings, fellow human beings, very well.

— Rene Rivkin