Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. Marcus Aurelius
The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man. Erich Fromm
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. Joseph Addison
I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered. Robert Louis Stevenson
Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh. Victor Hugo
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. Aldous Huxley
According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another. Marcus Tullius Cicero
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased. Alexander Hamilton
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. Henry Ward Beecher
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. Alexander Hamilton
To feel much for others and little for ourselves to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. Adam Smith
We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Patrick Henry
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. Leo Tolstoy
There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by the nature of the word itself play closer to the vest. They do not go around hot dogging it. Clint Eastwood
Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. Victor Hugo