Degradation Quote by Tillie Olsen

“Most of us have been deeply shaped by the false notion that in order for people to behave better they need to feel worse…

— Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Human misery universally arises from some error that man admits as true. We confound our fears with the idea feared, and place the evil…

— Phineas Quimby

However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important than one…

— Cesar Chavez

Humans have yet to dwell upon the consequences of their actions. People have yet to admit the bad that they do to nature, for…

— Masaaki Hatsumi

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it.

— Oscar Wilde

Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.

— Thucydides

“The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it.…

— Oscar Wilde

“We are creatures whose behavior cannot be simply explained as a striving for survival and happiness, for release of tension and contentment.”

— Adolf Guggenbhuhl-Craig

“What causes misery is always trying to get away from the facts of life, always trying to avoid pain and seek happiness—this sense of…

— Pema Chödrön

“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and…

— Adam Smith

It's like the human race has been programmed for misery.

— Tom Perrotta

The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution.

— Annie Besant