Quotes Tagged "human-nature"

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).

Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.

and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.

Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operations of our egos in a very mighty way.

There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.

I'm not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in this life; but in this life I search to be completely human: to feel, to give, to take, to laugh, to get lost, to be found, to dance, to love and to lust, to be so human.

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

I don't know why people are afraid of lust. Then I can imagine that they are very afraid of me, for I have a great lust for everything. A lust for life, a lust for how the summer-heated street feels beneath my feet, a lust for the touch of another's skin on my skin...a lust for everything. I even lust after cake. Yes, I am very lusty and very scary.

When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.

The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.