(3315 quotes found)
“We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself . . . We know nothing of man, far too little. His psyche should be studied because we are the origin of all coming evil.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“Adam was but human-this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.”
Mark Twain
“I love hearts. They are symbols for life, love and humanity.”
Ville Valo
“If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.”
William Allen White
“To err is human - but it feels divine”
Mae West
“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”
Oscar Wilde
“The child-soul is an ever-bubbling fountain in the world of humanity”
Friedrich Froebel
“Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.”
“There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.”
Plato
“It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly”
Anatole France