Human Nature Quotes

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it." "People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant." "The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct." "We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences." "I have a lot of beliefs and I live by none of them." "Perfection is always a dull and overrated state compared to being imperfect." "I can resist everything except temptation" "The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury." "We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die." "Humans are creatures who spend their lives trying to convince themselves their existence is not absurd." "Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings" "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits" "Everything is amazing right now and nobody is happy" "The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents." "Instinct is something which transcends knowledge." "No good deed goes unpunished." "The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." "Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense." "Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected" "From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate"