The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature". Votes: 3
Stefan MolyneuxHuman Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. Votes: 3
David HumeOne of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. Votes: 3
Dale CarnegieIt is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. Votes: 2
Denis DiderotSubdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . Votes: 0
Dorothy Canfield FisherAlas! poor human nature, pity, if hard pressed, degenerates into contempt. Votes: 0
John Godfrey SaxeFraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature Votes: 0
Hjalmar BrantingFraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature. Votes: 0
Hjalmar BrantingApproaches to growing food that align with nature changed human relationships. Votes: 0
Frances Moore LappéFraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature." Votes: 0
Hjalmar BrantingHuman nature is violent, argumentative, fallible, and given to endless fantasizing. Votes: 0
Donald A. WollheimWhen emotional intelligence merges with spiritual intelligence, human nature is transformed. Votes: 0
Deepak ChopraHuman nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality. Votes: 0
James Russell LowellHuman nature provides the lyrics, and we novelists just compose the music. Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz ZafonHuman beings are endowed by nature with both selfish and unselfish impulses. Votes: 0
Reinhold NiebuhrNature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans. Votes: 0
Adlai E. StevensonCivilization may progress, human nature will remain the same throughout all ages. Votes: 0
H. P. BlavatskyNature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination. Votes: 0
James CameronThe mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature". Votes: 0
Ian GardnerPsychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyHuman nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. Votes: 0
Margaret MeadWhoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses. Votes: 0
Christian Friedrich HebbelWhat is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? Votes: 0
James MadisonThe trouble with psychology is that it doesn't take human nature into account. Votes: 0
Ruth RendellTo destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature. Votes: 0
Henry Cantwell WallaceFilmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing. Votes: 0
Ben WhishawGood-nature and good-sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeShakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature. Votes: 0
Kelli O'HaraNature repairs her ravages,--repairs them with her sunshine and with human labor. Votes: 0
George EliotYou put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature. Votes: 0
Philip RothSpeech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language. Votes: 0
Alfred North WhiteheadThe progress and civilisation of the human race simply mean controlling this nature. Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaTechnology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values. Votes: 0
Laura EsquivelSqueeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear. Votes: 0
Karl KrausThe further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence. Votes: 0
Peter SengeSocialism cannot function, because its economic reward structure is contrary to human nature. Votes: 0
Frans de WaalHistory repeats itself in the large because human nature changes with geological leisureliness. Votes: 0
Will DurantUnderstanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication. Votes: 0
Juliette LewisNo man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings. Votes: 0
Denis DiderotTwo purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeCould we perfect human nature, we might also expect a perfect state of things. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEvery human being is a Muslim by nature, not by religious practice. By nature! Votes: 0
Louis FarrakhanIt seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonNature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels. Votes: 0
Luigi PirandelloIt's human nature - we want to believe our children, our families, our President! Votes: 0
Richard GereTimes change. Every generation has a new set of problems. Human nature is unmoved. Votes: 0
David HarsanyiMusic produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.- Confucius Votes: 0
- Confuciuspower, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature. Votes: 0
Gertrude AthertonModern reality TV sets up these competitive situations to show us real human nature. Votes: 0
Alexander LudwigThe starting point for the understanding of war is the understanding of human nature. Votes: 0
Samuel Lyman Atwood MarshallHold the mirror up to nature. Human behavior is worthy of examination and celebration. Votes: 0
Tom HanksMany artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature. Votes: 0
Steven PinkerMost people aren't cut out for value investing, because human nature shrinks from pain, Votes: 0
Jean-Marie EveillardSocialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes. Votes: 0
Ilana MercerThe development of technology will leave only one problem: the infirmity of human nature. Votes: 0
Karl KrausNo one should dogmatize about the capacity of human nature for degradation or exaltation. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiHuman nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture. Votes: 0
E. O. WilsonHumility accepts the very nature of a human being is complete, unadulterated, ecstatic joy. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellThe idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history. Votes: 0
Raymond WilliamsMutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonIt must be terrible to have to live among people and not like human nature. Votes: 0
William FeatherArt is a product of nature in general, in the particular form of human nature. Votes: 0
Anton WebernActing is my way of investigating human nature and having fun at the same time Votes: 0
Meryl StreepHuman judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. Votes: 0
Arthur C. ClarkeHuman action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed Votes: 0
Abraham LincolnNo doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature. Votes: 0
A. A. MilneGolf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's. Votes: 0
Grantland RiceIn every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues. Votes: 0
Thomas B. MacaulayThe greatest need in the world at this moment is the transformation of human nature. Votes: 0
Billy GrahamIt's human nature to quit when it hurts. But it's that reflex that creates scarcity. Votes: 0
Seth GodinPeople feel the need to choose sides when a relationship splits - it's human nature. Votes: 0
Tammara WebberHuman nature is you get carried away, so we have to protect ourselves from ourselves. Votes: 0
David BlunkettWhat we usually call human evolution is the awakening of the divine nature within us. Votes: 0
Peace PilgrimThus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature. Votes: 0
Martin ChemnitzThe capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature. Votes: 0
Margot AsquithHorror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it. Votes: 0
James De MilleThe different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature. Votes: 0
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyOne of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature. Votes: 0
Greg GraffinWe should attempt to bring nature, houses, and human beings together in a higher unity. Votes: 0
Ludwig Mies van der RoheWe are reassured almost as foolishly as we are alarmed; human nature is so constituted. Votes: 0
Victor HugoIt is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheA child is mysterious and powerful; And contains within himself the secret of human nature. Votes: 0
Maria MontessoriA color stands abroad on solitary hills that silence cannot overtake, but human nature feels. Votes: 0
Emily DickinsonAll human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. Votes: 0
Flannery O'ConnorBecause normal human activity is worse for nature than the greatest nuclear accident in history. Votes: 0
Martin Cruz SmithNo truly conscious human being sabotages himself - it's impossible, because it's contrary to Nature. Votes: 0
Guy FinleyYet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareWealth acts merely as a kind of mirror to show you human nature at its worst. Votes: 0
Marie CorelliIt is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions. Votes: 0
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIt's human nature for people to expect people to be what they see on the screen. Votes: 0
Denis LearyIrrational passions would seem to be as much a part of human nature as is reason. Votes: 0
AristotleThere is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn. Votes: 0
George William RussellMy ambition is to unfold the sources of India in the profound plane of human nature. Votes: 0
Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanNature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawTo conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature. Votes: 0
PlutarchScience can give us power over nature, but it cannot give us power over human nature. Votes: 0
Thomas SzaszI have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects. Votes: 0
Edgar RamirezWhen I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature ... Votes: 0
Marie BashkirtseffOne of the most powerful forces in human nature is our belief that change is possible. Votes: 0
Shawn AchorThe human spirit needs places where nature has not been re-arranged by the hand of man. Votes: 0
AnonymousHuman nature being what it is, people will insist upon getting some pleasure out of life. Votes: 0
Bertrand RussellI might have been curious about actors' lives when I was growing up. That's human nature. Votes: 0
Michael FassbenderThe reason that history so often repeats is not only human nature, but also human ignorance. Votes: 0
Glenn BeckNothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. Votes: 0
Samuel RichardsonHuman nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat. Votes: 0
Mark TwainThere is no such passion in human nature, as the passion for gravy among commercial gentlemen. Votes: 0
Charles DickensThe drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature. Votes: 0
Tom PetersA successful trader studies human nature and does the opposite of what the general public does. Votes: 0
William Delbert GannA man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature Votes: 0
George OrwellAnybody's true nature is bullshit. There is no human soul. Emotion is bullshit. Love is bullshit. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukIt's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved. Votes: 0
Emily GiffinOf all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroOf all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroModesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will. Votes: 0
LactantiusYou can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York. Votes: 0
William Lyon PhelpsNo one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the human animal. Votes: 0
Joni MitchellWe must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals. Votes: 0
George WashingtonHuman nature is to need a map. If you're brave enough to draw one, people will follow. Votes: 0
Seth GodinNarration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood. Votes: 0
A. S. ByattI'm afraid that in nine cases out of ten Nature pulls one way and human nature another. Votes: 0
E. M. ForsterOur human nature is exactly the same as it was 500 years ago, let alone five years ago. Votes: 0
David DuchovnyChess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight. Votes: 0
Emanuel LaskerBut that's the nature of the beast. It's understood going in what the human toll will be. Votes: 0
Timothy McVeighHuman nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving. Votes: 0
Xun ZiWritten words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature Votes: 0
Nadine GordimerThose who have a tolerable knowledge of human nature will not stand in need of such lights. Votes: 0
Alexander HamiltonIn the ancient world and, above all, among the Greeks, human nature was held in high esteem. Votes: 0
Elie MetchnikoffSends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes. Votes: 0
William CowperThe supreme attainment of human life is divine bliss. Divine bliss is the nature of the Self. Votes: 0
Gurumayi ChidvilasanandaThe moment you see someone attractive, you can't help but make note of it. It's human nature. Votes: 0
J.A. RedmerskiThis idea that people have to love and understand each other is absurd. It's not human nature. Votes: 0
Fran LebowitzNew York, like London, seems to be a cloacina [toilet] of all the depravities of human nature. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonI'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature. Votes: 0
Al GoreNothing else in nature behaves so consistently and rigidly as a human being in pursuit of hell. Votes: 0
Pete TownshendUpon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws. Votes: 0
William BlackstoneIt is in the nature of human beings to bend information in the direction of desired conclusions. Votes: 0
John NaisbittI haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers. Votes: 0
Armistead MaupinHuman nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end. Votes: 0
Orson WellesWe need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself. Votes: 0
Carl JungAs the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature. Votes: 0
Emily Greene BalchI reckon there's as much human nature in some folks as there is in others, if not more. Votes: 0
Edward Noyes WestcottYou can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature. Votes: 0
Robert HarrisIf we observe the nature, we well learn too many things which human kind may never teach us. Votes: 0
Jan JansenThe courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. Votes: 0
Edward GibbonWhat must be the nature of the world... if human beings are able to introduce changes into it? Votes: 0
Paul RicoeurOf all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top. Votes: 0
Norman CousinsI think it's innate in human nature to want to make a difference, to make your life meaningful. Votes: 0
Barbara Marx HubbardThere is, happily, no limit to the faith of human nature in believing what it wants to believe. Votes: 0
Caitlin ThomasPart of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature. Votes: 0
Mark NepoIt was lovely to see cynicism in one so young. It positively restored his faith in human nature. Votes: 0
Lauren WilligI will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient. Votes: 0
Horst KoehlerI actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some. Votes: 0
Elizabeth BanksMy long experience with all classes of humanity had made me somewhat of a student of human nature. Votes: 0
Oscar MicheauxHuman nature, if it changes at all, changes not much faster than the geological face of the earth. Votes: 0
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynI will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient. Votes: 0
Horst KohlerIt's the nature of human consciousness to look for trouble constantly, and we find it. We find it. Votes: 0
James TaylorI have found human nature a bit contradictory in my living of it. Human life is incredibly strange. Votes: 0
Pat ConroyThe center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days. Votes: 0
Stephen Jay GouldThere will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport. Votes: 0
David MillarWhen it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature. Votes: 0
Candace BushnellHow strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change Votes: 0
Elizabeth LesserThere surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil. Votes: 0
Benjamin HaydonIn so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception. Votes: 0
George Eliot... the space left to freedom is very small.ends are inherent in human nature and the same for all. Votes: 0
Hannah ArendtTo will is human, to will the bad is of fallen nature, but to will the good is of Grace. Votes: 0
John CalvinAs well expect Nature to answer your human values as to come into your house and sit in a chair. Votes: 0
Henry BestonThe purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature. Votes: 0
David O. McKayI got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own. Votes: 0
J.P. DonleavyWe have not to construct human nature afresh, but to take it as we find it, and make the best of it. Votes: 0
Dinah Maria Murlock Craik