#human

Do not be dismayed to learn there is a bit of the devil in you. There is a bit of the devil in us all. ↗

— Arthur Byron Cover

#human-nature #humanity #lucifer #satan #nature

Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own making. When called upon to act independently, we cry for patterns, systems, and authorities. If by enlightenment and intellectual progress we mean the freeing of man from superstitious belief in evil forces, in demons and fairies, in blind fate--in short, the emancipation from fear--then denunciation of what is currently called reason is the greatest service reason can render. ↗

— Max Horkheimer

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To this day, she’s still sad. Because there’s not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. I’m just saying that I took the pain that was inside of her at that moment and made it my own. And it didn’t hurt me at all. ↗

— Tom Perrotta

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狼心哪有人心毒啊。 。 。 ↗

— Jiang Rong

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People are attracted more towards bad things because being good has been turned into a boring duty. No adrenaline & dopamine rush, no rewards! ↗

— Saurabh Sharma

#duty #human-nature #pleasure #nature

Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities. ↗

— Daniel Suarez

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I have been cheated out of being treated like a human being. In my reflection I saw an empty vessel. They had cheated me and I was desperate to make the sharp pain in my head stop. ↗

— M.B. Wilmot

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For truly we are all angels temporarily hiding as humans. ↗

— Brian L. Weiss

#humans #past-lives #soulmates #souls #soulmates

Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the question. ↗

— Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq AS

#islam #knowledge #nature #religion #science

Human beings may be inconsistent, but human nature is true to itself ↗

— John Jakes

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