The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.
David O. McKayTags: religion human-nature gospel
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Charlotte BrontëTags: life human-nature jane-eyre charlotte-bronte
In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.
Sophie KinsellaTags: motivational inspirational literature human-nature trust
It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.
P.D. JamesTags: human-nature forgiveness grudge
There is a deep and undeniable sadness in all this: whenever we see the dawn of an eternal good that will never be overcome by evil – an evil that is itself eternal but will never succeed in overcoming good – whenever we see this dawn, the blood of old people and children is always shed.
Vasily GrossmanTags: life history human-nature
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 conspiracy of goodwill, society would not endure an hour.
Kenneth RexrothTags: society human-nature
...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. That’s why we’ve got to make sure we pass it on.
Billie LettsTags: goodness human-nature
Whatever their bodies do affects their souls. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out...
C.S. LewisTags: human-nature temptation
Humans are amphibians...half spirit and half animal...as spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their spirit can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions, and imaginations are in continual change, for to be in time, means to change. Their nearest approach to constancy, therefore, is undulation--the repeated return to a level from which they repeatedly fall back, a series of troughs and peaks.
C.S. LewisTags: human-nature spirit
The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.
Alan LightmanTags: happiness human-nature tragedy
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