“Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.” HumansEndsHuman NatureEternalOriginalsShanghai Author:Orson Welles
“A religious creed differs from a scientific theory in claiming to embody eternal and absolutely certain truth, whereas science is always tentative, expecting that modification in its present theories will sooner or later be found necessary, and aware that its method is one which is logically incapable of arriving at a complete and final demonstration.” HumansFormCertainFoundIndividualSocialReligiousHuman NatureAdventureTheoryAuthorityEternalMethodFinalsExpectingCreedsSooner Or LaterIncapableDemonstrationArrivingCohesionModificationScientific Theory Author:Bertrand Russell
“The fundamental differences between Marxian and traditional orthodox economics are, first, that the orthodox economists accept the capitalist system as part of the eternal order of Nature, while Marx regards it as a passing phase in the transition from the feudal economy of the past to the socialist economy of the future.” FirstsPastOrderPoliticsNatureCommunityDifferencesWorkMoneyAcceptingHistoryEconomyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEternalCapitalismEconomicsRegardFundamentalsStrategySocialismPassingPassingsTraditionalOrthodoxTransitionCapitalistPhasesSocialistEconomistSocialist Economy Book:Essay on Marxian Economics Source: Essay on Marxian Economics
“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal. Both assumptions are false: both of them must be accepted as true if we are to go on eating and working and loving, and are to keep open a few breathing holes for the human spirit.” PeopleIfsHumansSpiritHuman NatureGoes OnEternalEatingAcceptedHolesBreathingBehaveAssumptionImmortalHuman Spirit Book:Two Cheers for Democracy Source: Two Cheers for Democracy
“Berkshire was built on the eternal verities: basic mathematics, basic horse sense, basic fear, and basic diagnosis of human nature to make predictions regarding human behavior. We stuck to the basics with a certain amount of discipline and it has worked out quite well.” HumansWellsCertainHuman NatureAmountDisciplineBehaviorEternalBuiltHorseMathematicsInvestingStuckPredictionsHuman BehaviorDiagnosisBasicsHorse Sense Author:Charlie Munger
“Just as the commander of an army pitches his camp, studies the strength and defenses of a fortress, and then attacks it on its weakest side, in like manner, the enemy of our human nature studies from all sides our theological, cardinal, and moral virtues. Wherever he finds us weakest and most in need regarding our eternal salvation, he attacks and tries to take us by storm.” NeedsTryingHumansSidesMoralEnemyVirtueStudyHuman NatureEternalArmySalvationStormDefenseCampsCommandersTheologicalCardinalsFortressesMoral Virtues Author:Ignatius of Loyola
“Throughout the entire history of philosophy, philosophers have sought to discover what man is - or what human nature is. But Sartre believed that man has no such eternal nature to fall back on. It is therefore useless to search for the meaning of life in general. We are condemned to improvise. We are like actors dragged onto the stage without having learned our lines, with no script and no prompter to whisper stage directions to us. We must decide for ourselves how to live.” MenHumansPhilosophyFallActorsLinesStageHuman NatureEternalScriptsPhilosopherUselessMeaning Of LifeFall BackStage Directions Author:Jostein Gaarder
“You are a Divine creation, a Being of Light who showed up here as a human being at the exact moment you were supposed to. You are the Beloved, a miracle, a part of the eternal perfection.” InspirationalHumansMomentsLightHuman BeingsHuman NatureSelf HelpCreationDivineEternalPerfectionMiracleBelovedBeing YourselfDivinity Author:Wayne Dyer
“Now I will avow, that I then believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God; and that those principles of liberty are as unalterable as human nature and our terrestrial, mundane system.” BelieveHumansExistenceLibertyMoralChristianityPrinciplesHuman NatureEternalEthicsAttributesFoundingMundaneOur Founding FathersFounding Fathers ChristianUs Founding FathersFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersChristianity From Founding FathersRevolution Founding FathersMoral EthicsAttributes Of God Book:Correspondence Source: Correspondence