2,272 Quotes About Human-nature

Only when we stand unafraid to bleed all over our being with a genuine, unconflicted, uncorrupted, unselfish desire for good, will we be the founder of a civilized planet.

Human nature was structured through the eons.What our environment of persistent scarcity has done to us during all that time is undeniable; it has transformed a particular behavior that insures collective survival in situations of scarcity into our “default” or basic code of behavior in all situations.

Books are only half our job ; the other half is human nature.

The fresh and crisp air of the country reminds us that our blood surges from of the natural world and how tied we are to the sprung rhythms of earth and sky, weather and season.

The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with those who matter to you most.

The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or the wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.

Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms—of life, of love, of knowledge—has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath.

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

Tearing things apart (is) a powerful aspect of human nature.