2,272 Quotes About Human-nature

From Hinduism to the monotheisms through to Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, the common message is that we are all, naturally and potentially, inclined to reject the other, and to be intolerant and racist. Left to our own devices and our own emotions, we can be deaf, blind, dogmatic, closed and xenophobic: we are not born open-minded, respectful and pluralist. We become so through personal effort, education, self-mastery and knowledge.

Polarization breeds respect.

We accept, reject, and discern through symbols. These are as important to our understanding of life, our understanding of existence and what has value, whats worthwhile, as math and science ... it's all part of how we work through things, how we make decisions.

There's pain on all levels and all colors of the human skin. Many of us wear it well. The rest of us that you don't see are the ones who never learned to wear pain well. Or who learned and somewhere along the way decided it no longer fits.The irony is the more beautiful we wear our pain, the more we fool ourselves and others thinking there is no pain.The message. A bit more love and grace for myself and for friends and colleagues especially the ones that "have it all together" so beautifully.

In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather than to ask, so that the voice of the novel can hardly be heard over the noisy foolishness of human certainties.

Humankind has turned the world into a cruel and at times inhospitable place. The thing that makes it all bearable is the potential for loving companionship.

Never try to change the nature of anyone in your life, you will loose respect and eventually the person.

The presence of law implies the presence of injustice, not justice.

Очаквах да срещна някакъв брутален убиец или революционен маниак палач, а не видях нито едното, нито другото. Добре е, когато човек излъже нашите очаквания, когато не съвпадне с предварителните ни представи за него. Принадлежността към определен тип е краят на човека, това е неговата присъда. Ако не може да бъде сведен до общ знаменател, ако не е прекалено ясен, значи поне наполовина съответствува на изискванията за личност. Той е свободен от себе си, постигнал е зрънце от безсмъртието.