Quotes About Human nature

Puedes echarles la culpa a las circunstancias, al entorno, pero las decisiones que tomaste las tomaste tú solo, sin ayuda de nadie. Ya sé que es mucho para asimilarlo todo de golpe. Sin embargo, es fundamental que hagas un esfuerzo por responder a esta pregunta: ¿quiénes somos los seres humanos? Porque quienes somos determina la clase de gobierno que necesitamos.

Ya no siento lealtad hacia estos monstruos llamados seres humanos, a pesar de ser uno de ellos.

I'm not convinced that we are all as inherently violent as you say, but it takes very little to bring the beast to the surface, at least under the cover of darkness.

Oh, not now. Now we're in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated," he says. "But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

The stage is not the place to remind the audience that one is human. Illusion is what they are paying for.

Human beings are cruel creatures. And what we don't understand, we tamper with until we destroy it.

Years ago, when physicians didn't know how to treat the mentally ill, they began shock therapy, and in extreme cases—lobotomies. They would poke holes in their brains, Miss Barstow. Human beings are cruel creatures. And what we don't understand, we tamper with until we destroy it.

But that emotional reaction isn't you being dumb or irrational; you are being human. It is hard to stay committed to anything when you are feeling vulnerable and threatened.

The more the evil in a man, the less he will respond to sincere and pure love.

There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.

Basically, we are a whole world of people desperately trying to figure out what is the dark side of our natures and how much can we explore without becoming something else.

I don't think any of us know how we would react until we were put in a situation where we have to do something bad or do something good. I think I'd like to believe I'd act like a decent human being, but I'm realistic to know I don't know.

The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together, we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons to kill one another.

It's human nature to want to help and soothe and save with your love, but it's also arrogant.

There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls.

What compelled me about the story of Chernobyl more than anything else was something very universal. Yes, Chernobyl happened because in many ways, the Soviet system was deeply corrupt and evil, but the Soviet system did not arrive to us from some other planet. It was devised by humans.

I want to look into the dark spaces in people's souls. At what happens to us when we go to the mountains.

It's sad how people change from the best to the beast.

No matter how rich, powerful or handsome he is, he is still just a man.

There is no dark side to love. Only a darker side to those we love.

Do not expect much from humans.

To really know someone is to havelove and hated him in turn.

Love is as irrational as hate and just as unpredictable.