“To will the obligatory in relation to death is to fall in line with the major immutable cycles of Nature, especially human nature, and to understand that (whether or not there is a purpose or meaning to life or a life of the spirit beyond the life of the body) no one, absolutely no one, escapes being finite and mortal. And knowing this, and then to accept it, to will it, and not to be in an unnecessary state of angst or rebellion or terror over it.” HumansStatesBodySpiritPurposeFallLinesAcceptingKnowingHuman NatureMajorsRelationTerrorMortalsCyclesOver ItRebellionUnnecessaryFiniteAngstMeaning Life Author:Edwin S. Shneidman
“I think forums are great. It's a weird thing to overhear a conversation about yourself. But, the bottom line is that these people are really interested; they get the image and they get very opinionated and it turns into squabbles. You know that's human nature, that's life.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHumansTurnsLinesHuman NatureConversationBottomAbout YourselfBottom LineWeird ThingsForumsOpinionatedSquabbles Author:Rick Owens
“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
“It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.” HumansLinesSuccessfulHuman NatureTearsGladKillers Book:Ship Breaker: Number 1 in series Source: Ship Breaker: Number 1 in series
“There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.” LifeInspirationalEarthWomenLinesActingCreativeHuman NatureFoolIdiotLeapFoolishnessChances AreRisk-takingWhen In DoubtFools And FoolishnessChance And RiskMaking A Fool Of Yourself Author:Cynthia Heimel
“Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic.” MenShouldHumansReasonMightPainLinesSecretBehindsBloodHuman NatureRedCrossesSightDepthPainfulInstanceDamageAccustomedPhysicalityDonorsClinicRed Cross Book:Bluebeard's Egg Source: Bluebeard's Egg
“It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where two different lines of thought meet. These lines may have their roots in quite different parts of human nature, in different times or different cultural environments or different religious traditions: hence if they actually meet, that is, if they are at least so much related to each other that a real interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting developments may follow.” IfsThinkingHumansMayTwoDifferentRealReligiousLinesInterestingEnvironmentHuman NatureDevelopmentTraditionRootsRelatedInteractionDifferent TimesReligious Traditions Author:Werner Heisenberg
“Human nature being what it is, peace must inevitably be a relative condition. The essence of life is struggle and competition, and to that extent perfect peace is an almost meaningless abstraction. Struggle and competition are stimulating, but when they degenerate into conflict it is usually both destructive and disruptive. The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations to stay on the right side of that line.” HumansPoliticalLife IsNationsSidesLinesPerfectUnitedStruggleConditionsHuman NatureConflictDrawsEssenceAimInstitutionsCompetitionDestructiveRelativeMeaninglessAbstractionUnited NationsDegeneratesDisruptiveEssence Of LifePolitical InstitutionsUnescoLife Is A StrugglePerfect Peace Author:Javier Perez de Cuellar
“The cynic about human nature might say that religious morality is an effective way of keeping people in line. The threat of hell, the reward of heaven, but the rules of the holy books are out of date and often barbaric.” PeopleWayHumansBookMightReligionHeavenReligiousLinesHellHuman NatureMoralityHolyThreatRewardsCynicBarbaricHoly Books Author:Richard Dawkins