Human nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Four geological eras had to pass so that human beings would be able to outsing the birds and die for love. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
Through fasting. . .I have found a perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling of purity and happiness, something unknown… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
The Avatar appears to be human and we are misled into thinking of him in these terms but the Avatar himself warns… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Among environmentalists sharing two or three beers, the notion is quite common that if only some calamity could wipe out the entire… — Richard Conniff Copy Share Image
The fundamental principle of human action, the law, that is to political economy what the law of gravitation is to physics is… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Today is Earth Day. The way I see it, as humans the very least we can do is recycle. A lot of… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Aristotle can be regarded as the father of logic. But his logic is too scholastic, full of subtleties, and fundamentally has not… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I've always felt that animals are the purest spirits in the world. They don't fake or hide their feelings, and they are… — Pink Copy Share Image
If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that most terrible… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
We are sitting on a cornucopia of knowing that we had no way to access as a democracy. We couldn't get the… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
Researching 'Lone Wolf,' I was amazed at how thoughtful and intelligent these animals are. There has never been a documented attack against… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A dead language is not only one no longer spoken or written, it is unyielding language content to admire its own paralysis.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Although humans have existed on this planet for perhaps 2 million years, the rapid climb to modern civilization within the last 200… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
James Baldwin had an unrivaled understanding of politics and history and, above all, the human condition. His prose is laser sharp. His… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
There’s no such thing as 'one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
The human experience can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all decisions are of the past, all decisions are… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
To show mercy is not naïve. To hold out against the end of hope is not stupidity or madness. It is fundamentally… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Compassion is essential for any type of relationship between anybody – human to human, human to dog, human to cat, human to bird. — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Those are miracles that no merely human brain can work. The artist is merely the sound conduct of a Force that dictates… — Johannes Brahms Copy Share Image
Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness. — Morena Baccarin Copy Share Image
I do not believe that the desires of young boys cause catastrophic events. The actions of humans do. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
An artists is someone who does something for the first time, something human, something that touches another. — Seth Copy Share Image
If you are a conscious human being who has opinions about the world, then you will unconsciously put your own perspective into… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist. — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
The two great movers of the human mind are the desire of good and the fear of evil. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I wince at her use of the word "human." I've never liked that differentiation. She is living and I'm dead, but we're… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
Jesus is the ultimate solution to every human problem and the ultimate hope for all mankind. — Rick Joyner Copy Share Image
When you always want the next thing, every human being becomes a means to an end. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Modern reality TV sets up these competitive situations to show us real human nature. — Alexander Ludwig Copy Share Image
Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
