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Quote by Alphonse Karr

“All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they are, and that which they think they are.”

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Alphonse Karr, born on November 24, 1808, was a prominent French journalist. His career spanned the 19th century, and he was known for his sharp pen and insightful observations. Karr's work covered a wide range of topics, including politics, society, and literature, and had a profound impact on French society. more

“An age cannot bind itself and ordain to put the succeeding one into such a condition that it cannot extend its (at best very occasional) knowledge , purify itself of errors, and progress in general enlightenment. That would be a crime against human nature, the proper destination of which lies precisely in this progress and the descendants would be fully justified in rejecting those decrees as having been made in an unwarranted and malicious manner. The touchstone of everything that can be concluded as a law for a people lies in the question whether the people could have imposed such a law on itself.”

Law Knowledge Progress Human Nature Crime Malicious

Book:An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?

Source: An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?

“People experience anger when their expectations around how they should be treated don’t align with their actual treatment (or when they expect a thing to happen based on some series of actions and it does not happen).”

Humanity Culture Human Nature Diversity Better Future Cultures Preserve Environmentalists Fertility Decline Population Decline

Book:The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion: A playbook for sculpting cultures that overcome demographic collapse & facilitate long-term human flourishing

Source: The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion: A playbook for sculpting cultures that overcome demographic collapse & facilitate long-term human flourishing

“The moment you have a self at all, there is a possibility of putting yourself first - wanting to be the centre - wanting to be God, in fact. That was the sin of Satan: and that was the sin he taught the human race. Some people think the fall of man had something to do with sex, but that is a mistake...what Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they 'could be like Gods' - could set up on their own as if they had created themselves - be their own masters - invent some sort of happiness for themselves outside God, apart from God. And out of that hopeless attempt has come...the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”

Christ Human Nature

Book:Mere Christianity

Source: Mere Christianity

“She found it curious and frightening that she could deeply dislike someone she didn’t even know. It wasn’t her. At least, it wasn’t how she used to be.”

Human Nature Teaser

Book:Under the Never Sky

Source: Under the Never Sky

“We are like water, aren’t we? We can be fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.” And something else, I think to myself. Like water, we mostly follow the path of least resistance.”

Life Strong Path Human Nature Adversity Self Awareness Resistance Destructive Flexible Willful

Book:We Are Water

Source: We Are Water