Quotes About Human nature

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances.

How would I myself live in this proposed society? How long would it be before I went stark staring mad?

Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?

The media is the thought-form of the technological society, and it finds nothing it does to be laughable, a sure sign that it is not human.

There is no devil in the universe except mankind's own inharmonious thoughts & feelings, both individual and enmass.

What is man? ... What a strange union of matter and mind! A machine for converting material into spiritual force.

The mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature".

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

I don't like the human race in general. We are the only species who hunt for sport, who kill due to emotional need.

We humans, it appears, are prone to overconfidence, herding behavior, unwarranted extrapolation of recent trends, and contagious waves of wishful thinking—all key ingredients of bubbles.

Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.

That is why our arts and sciences cannot improve the world, despite what liberal philanthropists say. Our vast new scientific skills are first used by the damnably greedy selfish impatient parts of our nature and nation, the careful kindly social part always comes second.

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

Se as pessoas são boas só porque temem a punição, e esperam a recompensa, então nós somos mesmo uns pobres coitados.

I am very conscious of the fact that our feelings and strivings are often contradictory and obscure and that they cannot be expressed in easy and simple formulas.

The divine in human nature disappears and interest, greed and selfishness takes it place. When a Republic begins to plunder its neighbors the words of doom are already written upon its walls.

Given the nature of spiders, webs are inevitable. And given the nature of human beings, so are religions. Spiders can't help making fly-traps, and men can't help making symbols. That's what the human brain is there for - the turn the chaos of given experience into a set of manageable symbols.

But God doesn't change.' 'Men do, though.' 'What difference does that make?' 'All the difference in the world.

We neither encourage nor discourage. We accept it. Accept it as we accept that spider web up there on the cornice. Given the nature of spiders, webs are inevitable. And given the nature of human beings, so are religions. Spiders can't help making symbols. That's what the human brain is there for - to turn the choad of given experience into a set of manageable symbols.

Hitler", wrote Herman Rauschning in 1939, " has a deep respect for the Catholic church and the Jesuit order, not because of their Christian doctrine, but because of the ´machinery they have elaborated and controlled, their hierarchical system, their extremely clever tactics, their knowledge of human nature and their wise use of human weaknesses in ruling over believers.

Chastity: The most unnatural of the sexual perversions.

Avem intotdeauna tendinta sa atribuim propriile noastre defecte si celorlalti.

If you're a human being, you'll be seeing something of both, because we've always wanted things both ways.