“If language is intimately related to being human, then when we study language we are, to a remarkable degree, studying human nature.” IfsHumansLanguageStudyHuman NatureDegreesRelatedRemarkableBeing Human Author:Charlton Laird
“The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes.” NeedsHumansImportantFactsStudyHuman NatureProtectApes Author:Frans de Waal
“With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with human nature, and as conducing in the most unmistakable manner to the peace and tranquility of human existence.” HumansLittlesReasonWisdomAgeLawFoundPoliticsViewsCommonExistenceOpinionPrinciplesPracticeEconomyStudyMankindHuman NatureOppositesFoundationPropertyCarefulLiberalismAffectedDivisionConformityOwnershipTranquilityLaws Of NatureHuman ExistencePeace And Tranquility Author:Pope Leo XIII
“Surely there is no greater garden for human-nature study than the flotsam and jetsam of the hospital.” HumansStudyGreaterHuman NatureGardenHospitalsFlotsam Book:The garden of a commuter's wife Source: The garden of a commuter's wife
“Adolescence is the time to enlarge the natural sentiments of pity, friendship, and generosity, the time to develop an understanding of human nature and the varieties of human character, the time to gain insight into the strengths and weaknesses of all men and to study the history of mankind.” MenHumansCharacterTimeUnderstandingNaturalStudyMankindStrengthHuman NatureWeaknessGainsInsightPityVarietyGenerositySentimentsAdolescenceStrength And Weakness Book:Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood Source: Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood
“In colleges, there are no gender separations in courses of study, and students can freely choose their majors. There are no male and female math classes. But women generally choose college courses that pay less in the labor market. Those are the choices that women themselves make. Those choices contribute to the pay gap.” RealityChoicesCoursesCommunityWorkMoneyPayEducationClassStudyHuman NatureStudentsCollegeEqualMajorsCapitalismFemaleLaborMalesIndividualityGenderMathSeparationIdeologyGapsEqual RightsMath ClassPay GapCollege Courses Book:Phyllis Schlafly: Volume I Source: Phyllis Schlafly: Volume I
“I have always thought that these two ways of talking, one is the fantastic, the fable, the fairy tale, and the other being history, the scholarly study of what happened, I think they're both amazing ways to understand human nature.” ThinkingWayHumansTwoTalkingStudyHappenedHuman NatureTalesFantasticFairyFairy TaleTwo WaysFablesScholarlyWay Of Talking Author:Salman Rushdie
“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
“I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities to study people; and every time I went out on the stage I tried to show the audience some bit of true human nature.” PeopleHumansMadeRealShowsOpportunityBitsMy OwnAudienceStudyWonderfulStageHuman NatureBuiltReal LifeObservation Author:W. C. Fields