#human-nature

"I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago."

"Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own."

"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."

"An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear."

"there is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars"

"This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls."

"The more one judges, the less one loves."

"People won't buy study guides for a dollar, but they will pay 100 dollars for test answers. A ‪#startup‬‬‬‬ should keep this mentality in mind."

"All creation necessarily ends in this: Creators, powerless, fleeing from the things they have wrought."

"Unfortunately for the good sense of mankind, the fact of their fallibility is far from carrying the weight in their practical judgement, which is always allowed to it in theory; for while every one well knows himself to be fallible, few think it necessary to take any precautions against their own fallibility."

"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people."

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

"Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue)."

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

"He lives down in a ribcage in the dry leaves of a heart."

"People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up."

"Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves."

"and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful."

"On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time."

"Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime—if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more—was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills of a cookie-cutter shallow, superficial romance, where the top priority was how beautiful a person was on the outside."