Quotes by Human Nature I have resolved to demonstrate by a certain and undoubted course of argument, or to deduce from the very condition of human nature, not what is new and unheard of, but only such things as agree best with practice. Baruch Spinoza argument human-nature practice Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing. Ben Whishaw filmmaker human-nature stories Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter. Benjamin Disraeli potters human-nature men If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it? Benjamin Franklin wicked human-nature men It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped Benjamin Franklin dislike-someone hard human-nature Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature. Benjamin Franklin slavery human-nature humans There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil. Benjamin Haydon propensity human-nature evil Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian. Benjamin Whichcote good-nature human-nature christian Christ is God clothed with human nature. Benjamin Whichcote human-nature jesus christ You can't repeal human nature by an Act of Congress. Bernard Baruch congress human-nature government There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste. Bertolt Brecht being-human human-nature taste Human nature being what it is, people will insist upon getting some pleasure out of life. Bertrand Russell human-nature pleasure people War grows out of ordinary human nature. Bertrand Russell human-nature ordinary war Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco. Bill Gross institutions human-nature mean Eell there always is a tendency in human nature to deify. Bill Maher tendencies human-nature humans Man has no ability to repair this damaged planet. The flaw in human nature is too great. God is our only hope! Billy Graham flaws human-nature men Perhaps the most demanding trick in all of art is to know ways that are going to capture the attention of an audience right now, and yet to also hold an audience hundreds or thousands of years into the future in circumstances you just cannot imagine. You've got to go very deep into human nature to do that. Brian Boyd human-nature attention art Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature. Carl von Clausewitz human-nature men enemy Human nature provides the lyrics, and we novelists just compose the music. Carlos Ruiz Zafon novelists human-nature writing I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before. Cass Sunstein human-nature people thinking «1234567891011»