Every man beholds his human condition with a degree of melancholy. As a ship aground is battered by the waves, so man,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“In walking, far from any vehicle or machine, from any mediation, I am replaying the earthly human condition, embodying once again man’s… — Frédéric Gros Copy Share Image
“People say there is the mind, body and spirit, as if they're all separate elements. I don't think that's accurate. The mind… — Damon Thueson Copy Share Image
Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work,… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
“To attach to a goal is to mentally protect it because of a negative story running at the back of your mind.… — Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA Copy Share Image
Suffering is part and parcel of the human condition, but suffering can either embitter or ennoble us. It can ennoble us and… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Before Socrates, philosophers were primarily interested in explaining the world around them and the phenomena of that world—in doing what we would… — William B. Irvine Copy Share Image
The different American experience of the 20th Century is crucial because the lesson of the century for Europe, which essentially is that… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“He registered a dizzy 7.6 mmv over Brodmann 32, the area of abstractive activity. Since that time I have learned that a… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“Labor and work, as well as action, are also rooted in natality in so far as they have the task to provide… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“To honor and celebrate; or to balance and rectify, drawing what you want or need into your life. A third mode is… — Cait Johnson Copy Share Image
“Even after human beings have reached adulthood and developmental maturity, there remain hindrances in human nature that make it difficult for them… — Robert B. Louden Copy Share Image
“We have this distinctly human concept of good and bad. Nature doesn't have that. It just is. I'm not comfortable with that.… — Joe Hutto Copy Share Image
“Why aren’t you asking a hundred other guys why they don’t write strong women characters? I believe that what I’m doing should… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
It's a joyful, humbling feeling to be in different places around the planet and people have seen shows that I'm proud of… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever… — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
Those of us engaged in the practice of science come to feel a certain reverence for it, engendered by its demonstrable power… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
“He had learned that, as there is no situation in the world in which a man can be happy and perfectly free,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The dialogue about sustainability is about a change in the human trajectory that will require us to rethink old assumptions and engage… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
“Labor is the activity which corresponds to the biological process of the human body, whose spontaneous growth, metabolism, and eventual decay are… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Part of the human condition is that we all think that we are uniquely complex while everyone else is somewhat simpler to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
It's all about human condition, ultimately. That's what you're looking at. You're also looking to have some fun, as well, because that… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
The price of these failures has been a loss of moral consensus, a greater sense of helplessness about the human condition. ...… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
An exacting account of the processes by which things fall apart. The scope is breathtaking...the clarity and lyricism of the writing itself… — Dennis Covington Copy Share Image
“And she knew she was not sure, she would never be sure, because uncertainty is the essence of the human condition, and… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
“The promise of aspiration is that it is evolutionary. The human condition is such that we are always aspiring to be something… — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each… — Linda Thompson Copy Share Image
“People who felt scared or desperate enough could do almost anything, even things that are extremely out of their character to do;… — J M Northup Copy Share Image
I had never heard anyone doing what my show does, which is put the focus on the human condition - whatever you're… — Delilah Copy Share Image
Good writing is good writing. In many ways, it’s the audience and their expectations that define a genre. A reader of literary… — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
My stories often begin with a situation or character rather than an insight about the human condition. It's always been difficult for… — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living… — V. Vale Copy Share Image
It is the human condition to question one god after another, one appearance after another, or better, one apparition after another, always… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
I know that the human condition will be radically changed through technical means. Much of this change will be painful, monstrous and… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“Maybe it would be well understood in this far future time that resilience, determination, refusal to accept defeat, and ability to bounce… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
One does odd things. You see, when one's young one doesn't feel part of it yet, the human condition; one does things… — Sybille Bedford Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that if you take a tour through a hospital and look at every machine with on and off switch… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
