Some Quotes Defining Brutal Nature Of Man

Throughout the history mankind has witnessed several acts of brutality and tyranny that have ashamed whole of humanity, and one starts wondering why man is alive on this beautiful planet earth?

Human history has witnessed endless bloodshed, mass murders, rapes and other such heinous crimes that put a serious question mark upon this creature being civilized. It has also given birth to another serious question: "would man ever become civilized?"

Here are some quotes that define this brutal nature of man:

(1) "I never wonder to see men wicked but i often wonder to see them not ashamed." (Jonathan Swift, 1711).

(2) "Regimes whose rule is terror...... led by men to whom power has meant a licence to corrupt, maim and murder. Some men delight in things for no other reason but because they are ugly and infamous." (Samuel Butler, 1680).

(3) "The Scourge of the sword...... throughout history it has been violent recourse of rulers who tortured and ravaged in their greed for conquest and power. Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims." (Rabindranath Tagore, 1916).

(4) "Twisted minds....... of evil men who used the mask of religion or patriotism as an excuse for some of the most horrifying crimes in history. The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are capable of every wickedness." (Joseph Conrad, 1911).

(5) "Kill a man and you are a murderer, kill millions of men and you are a conqueror, kill everyone and you are a god." (Jean Rostand, 1955).

(6) "The cold, calculating villains of organized crime who kill and corrupt for cash. Love of money is the root of all evil." (Paul, 50 AD).

(7) "More savage than any animal, these men committed the most horrifying crimes of all. Mass murderers, sex monsters, cannibals or vampires, they all enjoyed letting blood. From the insane Roman Emperor who butchered his countrymen and turned his sisters into prostitutes to the insidious writer who polluted the minds of weak with his creed of cruelty--and gave the world the word sadism. Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no object than wanting to do so." (Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851).

(8) "Man finds pleasure in others' sufferings." (Sigmund Freud, 1930).

(9) "Man wants to dominate nature not only for economic motives but also for a 'mystique' which is a direct residue of a one-time spiritual relation vis-a-vis nature." (Hossein Nasr, 1968).