637 quotes found
“All growth toward perfection is but a returning to original existence.”
“An intellectual is usually someone who isn't exactly distinguished by his intellect," Corelli asserted. "he claims that label to compensate for his inadequacies. It's as old as that saying : "Tell ...”
“Social hierarchy doesnt hold a candle to the power of feeling isolated in your own skin.”
“Another woman told Constant what it was the crowd felt it had a right to. 'We have a right to know what's going on!' she cried.”
“Your Kentuckian of the present day is a good illustration of the doctrine of transmitted instincts and peculiarities. His fathers were mighty hunters, - men who lived in the woods, and slept under ...”
“Human nature must be something which always remains one and the same, but which may be carried out in manifold ways.”
“. . .for in natures, as in seas, depth answers unto depth”
“If a man couldnt control his beast, it could turn so violent that nothing could restrain it once enraged.”
“You look into it , the object flies off into air , your reasons evaporate , the criminal is not to be found , the wrong becomes not a wrong but a phantom , something like the toothache , for which ...”
“Sitting now...with my eyes wide open and full with amazement...I m realising that there is nothing else more volatile in this universe than human nature. I am a killer? No. I am a lover. I am a lov...”
“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 ...”
“Everyone must look out for himself, and the best time is had by those who're best able to decieve themselves.”
“Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn't mean I have to take it. I don't give a damn how friendly he is. It's what he does that matters.”
“There is no limit to suffering human beings have been willing to inflict on others, no matter how innocent, no matter how young, and no matter how old. This fact must lead all reasonable human bein...”
“There are instances, indeed, wherein men shew a vanity in resembling a great man in his countenance, shape, air, or other minute circumstances, that contribute not in any degree to his reputation; ...”
“People are like mussels. You can put them in a vat of boiling water, and some of them will pop open immediately. Some of them will have to float around in the water for a bit, then theyll slowly re...”
“Philanderers and swingers can see nothing beyond the needs of their genitals. Sexual craving is a part of our biology, but it is not who we are.”
“People are not hooked on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook but on each other. Tools and services come and go; what is constant is our human urge to share.”
“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.”
“Suddenly Dallington burst into speech. 'Listen, Lenox - I want to apologize...'Lenox waved a dismissive hand. 'You're young,' he said. 'There are many lessons before you, some harder than this one....”
