637 quotes found
“You were correct, for all men have within them both that which is dark and that which is light. A man is a thing of many divisions, not a pure, clear flame such as you once were. His intellect ofte...”
“Actually, what does man live for?”“To think about it. Any other question?” “Yes. Why does he die just when he has done that and has become a bit more sensible?” “Some people die without having beco...”
“You'll contact with me by the pressure, the need or by the interest ".”
“Since humans are social animals, you’re basically only as good as your reputation.”
“The truth is, there are not two kinds of people. There's only one: the kind that loves to divide up into gangs who hate each other's guts.”
“A mortal person's mind is like a wilderness, with a tremendous volume of decaying constructs and half-understood experience forming natural harbors for wild animal effects.”
“I also knew I had inherited the name of the world's most famous philosopher. I hated that. Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.So I renamed myself Ari.If I switched ...”
“By all means, become an abomination--but only while unhinged by grief or wrath.”
“All motivation derives from the primary fact of mortality. Take mortality away and motivation loses its...motivation.”
“we’re all a grab bag of good and eveil, and by and large can’t tell which is which”
“Very little of what he learned of people’s actions began or ended with either the noble ideals or the fiendish wickedness he had been taught lay behind all great struggles. There was something comf...”
“I suspect each of us uses the past to prop up the bruised present. It’s a clumsy try for the comfort of normality.”
“If manifestations of her love are overwhelming and sometimes seem imprudent, it’s because the intensity of such caring doesn’t exist in other areas of life. Ma does not love from behind a protectiv...”
“If people would take me seriously, I’d never find out anything significant about them.”
“People were usually much better in their letters than in reality. They were much like poets in this way.”
“You can't change laws without first changing human nature... You can't change human nature without first changing the law.”
“It’s human nature to find patterns where there are none and to find skill where luck is a more likely explanation.”
“Behaviours and feelings rarely line up.”
“Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank.”
“...a man's blood soon runs cold where there is no one around to warm it up.”
