#uma

Most distinguishable about the idiot, Hedge noted, was their fear of that which was different. Those who feared difference always made a point of finding difference in others in order to feel more secure in their sameness. ↗

— Sean DeLauder

#nature

All growth toward perfection is but a returning to original existence. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

#nature

But, ah me! where is the faultless human creature who can persevere in a good resolution, without sometimes failing and falling back? ↗

— Wilkie Collins

#failure #faultlessness #faults #human-nature #steadfastness

Only when man cornered, potential forced to appear. ↗

— Toba Beta

#cornered #forced #human #natural #potential

[Snobbishness] is the desire for what divides men and the inability to value what unites them. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#snobbery #men

The typical atheist rebels against God as a teenager rebels against his parents. When his own desires or standards are not fulfilled in the way that he sees fit, he, in revolt, storms out of the house in denial of the Word of God and in scrutiny of a great deal of those who stand by the Word of God. The epithet 'Heavenly Father' is a grand reflection, a relation to that of human nature. ↗

— Criss Jami

#atheism #bible #bitterness #denial #epithet

„Ein Mensch kann niemals Tier werden, er stürzt am Tier vorbei in den Abgrund ↗

— Marlen Haushofer - Die Wand

#thinking-with-a-great-mind #nature

Man is the only creature in the process of evolution, that plays no role in maintaining the integrity of the earths pocessions, his only purpose was in fullfilling the needs of his own kind. ↗

— Moses Pereira

#nature

Humans are naturally social; civilization causes us to be antisocial." From my next book: The Five Forgotten Truths ↗

— Kirk D. Sinclair

#human-nature #nature

Nature has gone to great lengths to hide our subconscious from ourselves. Why? ↗

— Robert Wright

#self #subconscious #nature