2,272 Quotes About Human-nature

Everyone gets forgotten because of Alzheimer's, ignored because of ignorance about oneself and replaced because of trying to stay in the same place.

Not everything that is civilized is logical, and not everything that is logical is civilized.

One thing I’ve learnt about humans: you can’t judge their strength by the size of their actions, but by the devotion of an act, no matter how small.

It seems to be a law of human nature that those who live by the sea are suspiciousof swimmers, just as those who live in the mountains are suspicious of mountainclimbers.

Planetologist call it the conundrum of unforeseen ecological consequence. I call it the whack-a-mole rule of human meddling. She clasped both hands like a child hammering. WHACK! We change something here. Oops, that makes another problem pop up there where we didn't expect it. WHACK! So, we whack that mole. Oops! We're so smart that we're a menace.

Secrets become harder to keep the older you get. The things you think you can suppress, those idiosyncrasies and fantasies you hope no one will ever discover, become harder and harder to hide as the years advance. Partly it is maturity-the fear of discovery grows smaller, less significant, for you learn that none of us is perfect, that human nature is flawed, that life twists and turns in all sorts of unexpected ways and it is okay to end up in a different place to where you expected.

People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for, and they have a right to subject their children to it.

Have you ever noticed how we humans alter our behaviour around cameras? It is almost a natural tendency to be more cautious, almost pretentious, when we know we are being watched. After all, being scrutinised by the public eye is not easy. So I like to think of us as coconuts, protecting what is inside by creating a hard shell on the exterior.

As much as I don't care about those things, I think it's human nature to not want to feel totally insignificant.