2,272 Quotes About Human-nature

The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver - over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple, over the great river I could see through a sombre gap glittering, glittering, as it flowed broadly by without a murmur. All this was great, expectant, mute, while the man jabbered about himself.

It wasn't the wild animals that scared her, but the civilised ones.

I'm afraid that in nine cases out of ten Nature pulls one way and human nature another.

Even a wolf knows how to be polite when animalistic humans have no clue about politeness

As long as humans feel they are forced to defend their own rights and worth by placing someone beneath them, oppression will not end.

Humans are ingenious at sniffing out minor differences to figure out whom they should despise.

When it comes to behavior, there is not one, but two types of behavior, one that is instinctual - the kind of behavior that helped our ancestors survive the harshness of the jungle, then there is the behavior of a civilized being - a behavior that is driven by thought and warmth - the behavior of a caring and conscientious human.

Nothing like a mask to reveal somebody's true nature.

I reflected that it seemed to be in the nature of human beings to spend the first part of their lives mocking the cliches and conventions of their elders and the final part mocking the cliches and conventions of the young.