2,272 Quotes About Human-nature

Thanks be then to nature for this unsociableness, for this envious jealousy and vanity, for this insatiable desire for possession and for power.. Man wishes concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; and she wills discord, in order that man may be impelled to a new exertion of his powers, and to the further development of his natural capacities.

You're like ordinary mortals in fearing everything, you're like immortals in coveting everything.

Protecting people, saving their lives, how do you judge that; bad or good? Those fourteen on the hill? You on that there bridge? What were you doing? Good or bad?''I don't know' said Geralt with effort. 'I don't know, Yurga. Sometimes it seems to me that I know. And sometimes I have doubts. Would you like your son to have doubts like that?' 'Why not?' the merchant said gravely. 'He might as well. For it's a human and good thing.''What?''Doubts. Only evil, sir, never has any.

Time by itself doesn't take anything seriously, at times, human by himself take everything seriously

...And what if I turn out to becompletely superfluous in their system?"He livened up. "What if we are superfluous?

What I’m interested in discovering is human truth. What does it mean to be alive within the dream of life? It seems to me there are essential human truths that have never changed throughout the ages, and that what we think of as unique to our own time is, in fact, the general. I am convinced, as a writer, that we must be able to witness ourselves as we have been moved and shaped by such universal forces.

Suiniyeti esas olarak kabul eden ve bir insanın dürüst, samimi ve namuslu olabileceğine ihtimal vermeyen bir kimseye karşı kendini müdafaa edebilmenin hazin imkansızlığı onun elini kolunu bağlamıştı.

After all, the past was no less ridiculous than the present. Both eras were made up of humans.

This is probably true of human life everywhere - a light exterior hides a dark underside.