Human Nature Quotes

"Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds" "The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea" "You are protected, in short, by your ability to love" "Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist" "God created man, but I could do better." "The more one judges, the less one loves" "Without madness, there is no humanity." "The world is not driven by greed; it's driven by envy" "He who wishes to deceive will never fail to find willing dupes." "Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration." "We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves" "We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage" "The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man" "In every real man, a child is hidden that wants to play" "Habit is our second nature, and it reveals with great precision the extent of our individuality" "We are closest to people when we promise them something that can never be delivered" "People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me." "There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming." "Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us" "When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools"