Nature Quotes
Strange, how in all those apocalyptic movies, when their society breaks down into lawlessness and anarchy, Canada is always the haven of safety, the place people want to escape to.
Truth and untruth weave the seamless web of human nature.
Reason has always been obliterated by the sensation of profound solitude, perhaps that is why we replace the aching of isolation with the anguish of abuse.
We're all so afraid of what everyone around us thinks that we risk ourselves to desperation. It's utterly stupid. It's utterly frightening. But it's utterly human.
He knew how intelligent men could be broken by the stupidity of their superiors, how weeks of patient work night and day could be cast aside by such a man
Barbarism is not the inheritance of our prehistory. It is the companion that dogs our every step.
He had the nerve not to drink in a University where you proved your manhood by being drunk most of your first year.
The voice of human nature is nothing but one prolonged cry.
Who I am is not the same minute to minute or day to day. There are far too many variables for that to ever be true, for me, or for anyone.
he knew that men were too complex to be defined by the worst moment in their lives
his legacy, if there is one, is that I try to do my best to see people whole, for who they are and what they've been through. especially those who matters to me
Is it some law of human nature that you inevitably become whatever your first commander was?
Even within perfection, there are flaws. These flaws carry an unattainable beauty, which is indifferent to the human nature.
Hopefully, someday we will both realize that despite our sharp differences, you and I have more in common than we think.
...suddenly I got shivers down my spine thinking about how many different people one and the same person can be.
People are attracted more towards bad things because being good has been turned into a boring duty. No adrenaline & dopamine rush, no rewards!
There were two types of strong men: those like Uncle Monty and Abe Steinheim, remorseless about their making money, and those like my father, ruthlessly obedient to their idea of fair play.
We are a race prone to monsters, she thought, and when we produce one we worship it.
Do not be dismayed to learn there is a bit of the devil in you. There is a bit of the devil in us all.
I have been cheated out of being treated like a human being. In my reflection I saw an empty vessel. They had cheated me and I was desperate to make the sharp pain in my head stop.
Improvement is always on the schedule for tomorrow. Change is always taking place some time in the future. It’s human nature.
...there is something demoniac in human nature that we are unable to stop revering.
The illusion that humans possess free will is compounded by the inherent randomness of the universe. Chaos disguised as freedom of choice...
Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog were neighbors who fought like, well, cats and dogs. That is until Mr. Rat moved in. It's fascinating how easily two enemies ally at the introduction of a third.
Humor relieves the tension between what we see or desire but repress in order to sustain a survivable illusion about the world we live in. As such it's always potent stuff, and dangerous.
It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield
...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical.
Grant had dealt too long with the human intelligence to accept as truth someone's report of someone's report of what that someone remembered to have seen or been told.
It's our nature, isn't it? Again and again, we cling to the foolish belief taht simple solutions exist
A snake must be treated as a snake, forgiving it every time it showed you its fangs, will not transform into a garland of flowers.
Men are not angels, ” Akhmar affirmed. “And so men have the chance to be noble, in a way that angels cannot.
He seemed like a walking blasphemy, a blend of the angel and the ape.
Our thoughts are private to protect others not ourselves. People don't have the ability to handle what you really think about them
Oh, people get used to so many things, " said Vadesh, "if only they give them selves a chance.
What she craved and really felt herself entitled to was a situation in which the noblest attitude should also be the easiest.
It is human nature to try hardest to accomplish the very thing we are told is impossible. Why? Because innately we know that nothing's impossible.
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.
Distance reflects the true intensity of the relationship.. Some people come too close & Some forgets that u exist too..
For that matter, all this, is there a God? Corlis -- I don't care!""Huh, " I considered. "I guess I don't either"."Most people don't! All they care about, " he added grimly, "is being right".
Human beings feel an obligation to have a definate opinion on issues they can never truly know. They need to learn to be satisfied with "I don't know".