Human Nature Quotes

"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." "What reason weaves by passion is undone" "The proper study of mankind is man" "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." "You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend" "A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character" "I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people" "A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true" "Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law" "The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow" "The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children." "Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand" "I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that" "Some people say never let them see you cry. I say if you're so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone" "In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will" "I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it." "Life is short and the world is at least half terrible, and for every kind stranger, there is one who would break you" "To get lost in love is a human thing" "Fear can be good. It’s an evolutionary sense that we’ve developed over many, many millions of years." "People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so"