Human Quotes - Page 10

A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman's heart in particular.

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.

But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear.

Never take offense. Even if someone is robbing you blind, it’s usually nothing personal. Survival is a funny thing, and we all react differently to it. Some react to fear and forget to be human and humane, but that doesn’t mean they have malicious intentions. People have different boundaries, and I promise to respect yours, hon.

There will come a time,'' I said, ''when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come a time when there are no human beings remaining to remember that anyone ever existed or that our species ever did anything. [...]

That's what I fear: being subtracted from myself. Negation. Forced against my will to become a beast.

People fear nothing as much as boredom and they will do unimaginable things to make it go away.

Be bold, don't be boring.

One absolutely sure way to be fearless is to speak the truth at all time about everything.

The most risky liability of your life is 'the unspoken truth'.

Temporary extreme fear while saying the truth is easy to overcome than the perpetual fear of the unspoken truth.

Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.

Empire always overreaches itself and thus dies by its own hand victim of its own ambitions

An anarchist government somehow creates an impression in the hearts of citizens that no one cares.

A single man is minority, a leader is the majority.

But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and technology.

Today I am leading because yesterday I was reading.

You must go to the school or to the books or on the field because knowledge doesn't come to you, you must go to the knowledge.

Pages entertain me more than pictures do.

I don't understand this irony - valuable things like cars, gold, diamond are made up of hard materials but most valuable things like money, contracts and books are made up of soft paper.