Human behavior Quotes

"Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you" "The contradiction between free will and scientific determinism is just an illusion" "There is less harm in the crime itself than in the callousness, cruelty, and indifference of most people towards those who commit it." "The healthy man does not torture others, generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers" "If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool" "The fundamental problem with the human species is an excess." "Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives." "Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete." "Men rise from one ambition to another, first they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others" "Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense and security against injuries" "Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear" "Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have" "Sometimes the funniest thing to say is mean." "Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves" "The most important thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history "