2,272 Quotes About Human-nature

The contrast between nature and grace, between human appetites and interests and religion, is not absolute, but relative. It is a contrast of matter and the spirit informing it, of stages in a process, of preparation and fruition. Grace works on the unregenerate nature of man, not to destroy it, but to transform it. And what is true of the individual is true of society. An attempt is made to give it a new significance by relating it to the purpose of human life as known by revelation.

A man is little more than his problems.

Our ability to rise back after the fall is a sign of improvement, learning, and wisdom. Falling teaches us so many things than rising would have at the first go don't be afraid to fall but be afraid of not bouncing back.

No God, Religion, Race or Nation is higher than the humans.

Sometimes a man cannot live up to the best idea he dared to have

There's a vast space between being simply human to being truly humane.

We will remember the hurt, the injustice, and the trauma, but we can forgive the sinner.

This is the very ecstasy of love,Whose violent property fordoes itselfAnd leads the will to desperate undertakingsAs oft as any passion under heavenThat does afflict our natures.

Людину ні в чому не можна змінити; в найкращому разі вона прикинеться, що змінилася, а насправді лишиться тією самісінькою. Коли її стара маска від довгого вжитку дала вже тріщину, крізь яку випинають її справжні риси, вона підлатає її або виробить нашвидкуруч нову — і це зветься системою, філософською чи політичною, історичною тичиною, поворотним пунктом, чим хочете.