Human Nature

"The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity."

"One's worth and self-regard ought to come from individual competitive performance, not from group identity. Pride based on clan or tribal connections is atavistic. It appeals to people who fear they c…"

"The fear of becoming a "has been" keeps some people from becoming anything."

"It is an ancient custom, as ancient as the Roman Empire, to idolize those whom we honor, to make them larger than life, to give their marvelous accomplishments a magical and mystical origin. By exalti…"

"Materialistic people are sometimes called sudras, or descendants of monkeys, due to their monkey like intelligence. They do not care to know how the evolutionary process is taking place, nor are they …"

"There are two kinds of people in the world: those who say, "There are two kinds of people in the world: those who say there are two kinds of people in the world, and the other kind," and there's who d…"

"The Jewish people, no matter where they are, they become the best in the world."

"As far as I am concerned, I resign from humanity. I no longer want to be, nor can still be, a man. What should I do? Work for a social and political system, make a girl miserable? Hunt for weaknesses …"

"The secret of getting along with people is that of postponing quarrels."

"A dangerous atmosphere of nationalism is coming in our society. So now I want to criticize this tendency, and I want to do everything to prevent the development of fascism in Japanese society."

"The Scots were thus truly a chosen people, highly favoured of the Lord!"

"For us humanity was a distant goal toward which all men were moving, whose image no one knew, whose laws were nowhere written down."

"With Trump neofascism has entered the—its aim is a different way of managing the capitalist economy. It is both a break with neoliberalism and at the same time its successor on the right—a sign of the…"

"People don't realize that there is another choice."

"While I respect culture, this bull-killing ritual causes extreme suffering to an innocent creature and has no place in the modern world. Tradition is not an excuse for cruelty, and many societies have…"

"Egoism you say? There is nothing more universal than the individual, for what is the property of each is the property of all. Each man is worth more than the whole of humanity, nor will it do to sacri…"

"For me it’s hurtful. I get mad when people assume things about me because I imagine the people who don’t have the support system I have and how that must affect them."

"Treachery has existed as long as there’s been warfare, and there’s always been a few people that you couldn’t trust."

"People say it's hard at the top, but it's even harder at the bottom."

"Transhumanists around the world are cooperating to mitigate existential threats to humankind."