Nature Of Man Quotes - Page 6

• Souls do not wish to be bullied, but gently brought back; such is the nature of man.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Men, Catholic, Soul

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• Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Wise, Wisdom, Witty

  Thomas Hobbes (2005). “Leviathan, Parts I and II”, p.94, Broadview Press

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• All of the services commonly thought to require the State-from the coining of money to police protection to the development of law in defense of the rights of person and property-can be and have been supplied far more efficiently and certainly more morally by private persons. The State is in no sense required by the nature of man; quite the contrary.

  Murray Rothbard

  Freedom, Men, Rights

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• a generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men, of men unduly divorced from the slow process of nature, of men in whom every vital impulse slowly withers as though they were cut flowers in a vase.

  Bertrand Russell

  Flower, Cutting, Men

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.36, Lulu Press, Inc

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• We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore every form of philosophy, every form of theological concept, is merely an escape from the actual reality of what is. All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature of man and therefore of society.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Death, Atheist, Philosophy

  "Freedom From The Known" by Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1969.

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• A passion for the dramatic art is inherent in the nature of man.

  Edwin Forrest

  Art, Passion, Men

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• In every free and deliberating society, there must, from the nature of man, be opposite parties, and violent dissensions and discords; and one of these, for the most part, must prevail over the other for a longer or shorter time.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Party, Men, Opposites

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph”, p.400

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• It is the nature of men having escaped one extreme, which by force they were constrained long to endure, to run headlong into the other extreme, forgetting that virtue doth always consist in the mean.

  Walter Raleigh

  Running, Nature, Mean

  Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829). “Miscellaneous works”, p.89

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• It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example.

  Fred Hoyle

  Mistake, Learning, Example

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• The Divine Plan is one of Freedom. The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living soul.

  Ernest Holmes

  Freedom, Men, Soul

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• Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Art, Men, Awareness

  Sri Aurobindo (2016). “The Hour Of God: Art of living”, p.6, editionNEXT.com

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• The true nature of mankind comes down to a simple question: 'Do we teach children how to be good or how to be bad?'

  Greg Smith

  Children, Simple, Mankind

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• History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.

  George R. R. Martin

  Song, Men, Wheels

  George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.165, Bantam

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• It's the nature of man to ask questions. --Belgarath

  David Eddings

  Men, Asks

  David Eddings, Leigh Eddings (2010). “Belgarath the Sorcerer”, p.98, HarperCollins UK

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• Over time you get to understand the nature of man and the environments you are dealing with, and you can't always allow emotions and temper to flare up because you're displeased with something, or you want to change it.

  Kofi Annan

  Men, Flare Up, Want

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• What is the influence of Sun Tzu in the world today? Perhaps there are others who are better qualified than I to speculate about that question. Sun Tzu's ideas, as expressed in his famous treatise, have undoubtedly influenced the nature of many revolutionary movements that are arrayed against more powerful forces, and in some cases - as in Vietnam - have played a useful role in bringing about success. But such ideas are always in conflict with other deepseated emotional factors, which propel dissident movements into the rampant use of terrorism and other forms of anarchistic struggle.

  William J. Duiker

  Powerful, Struggle, Emotional

  Source: www.sonshi.com

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• Raw toast," Lucas said grimly, shaking his head. "It goes against the very nature of man.

  Julia Quinn

  Men, Said, Toasts

  Julia Quinn (2009). “How to Marry a Marquis”, p.24, Harper Collins

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