“People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of anextreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.” PeopleHeartSelfQualityFamilyHuman NatureSorrowAnxietyConsciousEvidenceIntimacyProportionFamily LifeSelf ConsciousPolitenessDazzlingTrue Intimacy Book:Armance Source: Armance
“Nor is any evidence to be found, either in History or Human Nature, that nations are to be bribed out of a spirit of encroachment and aggression, by humiliations which nourish their pride, or by concessions that extend their resources and power.” HumansSpiritFoundNationsHuman NaturePrideEvidenceResourcesAggressionHumiliationConcessionsEncroachment Book:James Madison's Source: James Madison's
“There is no limit to suffering human beings have been willing to inflict on others, no matter how innocent, no matter how young, and no matter how old. This fact must lead all reasonable human beings, that is, all human beings who take evidence seriously, to draw only one possible conclusion: Human nature is not basically good.” HumansHas BeensMatterFactsYoungSufferingHuman BeingsHuman NatureWillingLimitsDrawsEvidenceInnocentConclusionReasonable Book:Dennis Prager: Volume I Source: Dennis Prager: Volume I
“Anarchists believe that we can govern ourselves in the absence of coercive and centralized authority; the underlying premise about human nature (to use an infinitely problematized but necessary term here) is fundamentally positive. And the evidence that in disasters people are really pretty kind, generous, brave, resourceful and creative fed that.” PeopleBelieveHumansKindUseTermCreativeHuman NatureAuthorityEvidenceBraveAbsenceDisasterGenerousFedsPremisesAnarchistResourcefulReally Pretty Author:Rebecca Solnit
“To accept the fact that, after fertilization has taken place, a new human has come into being is no longer a matter of taste or opinion. The human nature of the human being from conception to old age is not a metaphysical conception. It is plain experimental evidence.” HumansMatterFactsAgeHuman BeingsAcceptingOpinionTakenHuman NatureTasteEvidenceOld AgeAbortionConceptionMetaphysicalFertilization Author:Jerome Lejeune
“Blushing is the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion, but it would require an overwhelming amount of evidence to make us believe that any animal could blush.” BelieveHumansPassionAnimalHuman NatureExpressionAmountEvidenceOverwhelmingPeculiarMonkeysBlushing Author:Charles Darwin