Favourable Chance, I fancy, is the god of all men who follow their own devices instead of obeying a law they believe in. Let even a polished man of these days get into a position he is ashamed to avow...
And in that fraction of a second before anything actually happened, Santino Corleone knew he was a dead man.
Humankind spends so much time admiring and ritualizing the inventions of humankind! And yet humankind is such a tiny part of all there is. -- Nigel S. Hey, Wonderment(Matador, 2012)
If humanity were capable of being satisfied, then they'd all still be living in trees and eating bugs out of one another's fur.
Sitting now...with my eyes wide open...I am simply amazed about human nature and its volatility...I am a killer. I am so aggressive. No, I am a lover. Love is the key. Acctually...I am a poet. And a p...
The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring and avoids it. Without the hidden conspirac...
They did not think politics was a great constructive process, they thought it was a kind of dog-fight. They wanted fun, they wanted spice, they wanted hits, they wanted also a chance to say "'Ear, 'ea...
We are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.
The moment you have a self at all, there is a possibility of putting yourself first - wanting to be the centre - wanting to be God, in fact. That was the sin of Satan: and that was the sin he taught t...
People started down the road with good intentions, but the moment the road became rough or difficult, they'd abandon it.
I once had every hope,’ he says. ‘The world corrupts me, I think. Or perhaps it's just the weather. It pulls me down and makes me think like you, that one should shrink inside, down and down to a litt...
The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but t...
In the cause of expedience and the quest for information, man has always been willing to trump his laws and betray his beliefs to legitimize the torture of those who do not share them.
An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. They done 'heard' bout you just what they hope done happened.
People are crazy and times are strangeI'm locked in tight, I'm out of rangeI used to care, but things have changed
It is only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves.
Believe in human beings - not all are good, but deep down all can be. But that doesn't mean you need to hang around crappy people and try to turn them around.
Sometimes the human race likes to crank things up a little. They increase the production of bodies and their escaping souls.
Primatologists Richard Wrandham and Dale Peterson summarize... writing, 'Chimpanzee-like violence preceded and paved the way for human war, making modern humans the dazed survivors of a continuous 5-m...
Is It Frightening To Be Free?You said it.You Say To People 'Throw Off Your Chains' And They Make New Chains For Themselves?Seems to be a major human activity, yes.