Human Nature Quotes - Page 5

• Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Freedom, Integrity, Adversity

  The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness foreword (1944)

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• But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.

  Jane Austen

  Inspirational, Change, People

  Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.36

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• The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will

  Robin Hobb

  Men, Self, Brag

  Robin Hobb (2002). “Royal Assassin: The Farseer Trilogy”, p.427, Spectra

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• No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.

  Maya Angelou

  Ignorance, African American, Humanity

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Feb 21, 2010

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• We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Nature, Connections, Separation

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• Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

  Dan Brown

  Fear, Men, Psychology

  Dan Brown (2003). “The Da Vinci Code: A Novel”

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• There's no "should" or "should not" when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.

  Fred Rogers

  Believe, Choices, Feelings

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.128, Penguin

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• Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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• Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Wisdom, Nature

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• You are a Divine creation, a Being of Light who showed up here as a human being at the exact moment you were supposed to. You are the Beloved, a miracle, a part of the eternal perfection.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Light

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Aug 31, 2011

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• Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.

  Douglas Adams

  War, Believe, Humility

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• Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

  Abdul Kalam

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.90, Universities Press

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• The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.

  Dean Karnazes

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.155, Penguin

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• But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them.

  Isaiah Berlin

  Freedom, Men, Essence

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• If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

  Saint Basil

  Wisdom, Men, Leaving

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• When the righteous rule, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

  William Paterson

  Law, People, Voting

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• You don’t need to be a completely complete human right now … That’s what makes you human.

  Tavi Gevinson

  Inspirational, Funny, Being Yourself

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• If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Faith, Hope, Future

  "Cousteau country: scuba diving in Papua New Guinea" by Kevin Rushby, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2017.

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• Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Character, Imperfection, Hocus Pocus

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.167, Penguin

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• Happiness depends upon ourselves.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Happiness, Adventure

  Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

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• To perceive is to suffer.

  Aristotle

  Life, Depression, Education

  Aristotle (2004). “The Works of Aristotle: Aristotle on the parts & progressive motion of animals, the problems, on indivisible lines to which is added Thomas Taylor's The elements of the true arithmetic of infinites”

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• Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Love, Positive, Happiness

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• Few men think, yet all will have opinions.

  George Berkeley

  Men, Thinking, Opinion

  George Berkeley (1843). “Works, Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, &c. to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life”, p.187

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• True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

  Confucius

  Spring, Heart, Men

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• Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

  Aldous Huxley

  Life, Education, Thinking

  "Mortal Coils".

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