Quotes by Human Nature We fail to reckon with the reality of human nature. By nature,we are egocentric. Our world revolves around us. None of us is totally altruistic. Gary Chapman our-world human-nature reality If all we've got to look forward to is disloyalty and treachery, why do we even make friends?" "Again, human nature. Hoping for the best is what drives us. Gena Showalter disloyalty human-nature looks The more I deal in it, the surer I am that human nature is all of the same critter, but that there's a heap of choice in the cuts. George Horace Lorimer human-nature cutting choices Those works alone can have enduring success which successfully appeal to what is permanent in human nature -- which, while suiting the taste of the day, contain truths and beauty deeper than the opinions and tastes of the day. George Henry Lewes human-nature opinion taste There is a law in human nature which draws us to like what we passionately condemn. George William Russell morality human-nature law power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature. Gertrude Atherton human-nature passion power We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals. George Washington human-nature perfection fall Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human Nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices? George Washington human-nature vices impossible Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature are certain not to work, not to glow, not to strike home. Glenway Wescott confused human-nature home The belly comes before the soul. George Orwell belly human-nature soul The reason that history so often repeats is not only human nature, but also human ignorance. Glenn Beck human-nature ignorance reason In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception. George Eliot exception human-nature humans I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not. Gordon Willis human-nature simple way Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact. Friedrich Nietzsche adversity human-nature facts You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable. George Orwell turns human-nature men The tendency toward good in human nature has a force which no creed can utterly counteract, and which insures the ultimate triumph of that tendency over all dogmatic perversions. George Eliot triumph human-nature creeds Human nature is not black and white but black and grey. Graham Greene grey black-and-white human-nature One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature. Greg Graffin tradition human-nature humans War is not human nature. It is a habit. Gregg Braden human-nature habit war It seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature. Gilbert K. Chesterton pity psychology human-nature «4567891011121314»