People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“Everything has a beginning and an end. Life is just a cycle of starts and stops. There are ends we don't desire,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The essence of spirituality is the duty to live to its full the glorious destiny of being human. The purpose of religion… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
Crying's always been a way for me to get things out which are buried deep, deep down. When I sing, I often… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
We’re living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with just enjoying being human. We’d rather shop… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Is it easier for a man to live his life again as a fish, than to accept the wonder of being human?… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to be human - you're human, you're going to have emotional days. You're going to have days when things… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
Heartbreak is our indication of sincerity: in a love relationship, in a work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
I'm getting a lot of stick because my character in 'Young Dracula' wanted to be vampire, so now that I am a… — Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that the whole idea of ‘no regrets’ was always a silly idea to me, because of course I regret all… — Jesse Lacey Copy Share Image
If yoga is about life, this means ALL life, not just part of it. Together, the spiritual and the material constitute the… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
I suppose I've always done my share of crying, especially when there's no other way to contain my feelings. I know that… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
It's the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to communicate so much, and yet always to fall so drastically… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
If you have superpowers and no one can actually cause you any physical harm, then everything has to be very thought-through. You… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
The minute my child was born, I was reborn as a feminist. It's so incredible what women can do... birthing naturally, as… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I don't feel there's a difference between the real world and the fairy-tale world. They contain psychological truths and, I guess, projections… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I have worked really hard to get to where I am, and I like it when I read praise, and I get… — Kubra Sait Copy Share Image
“OK, she’s dead and you feel guilty, and feeling guilt isn’t something you enjoy. Too bad. Get used to it. Why the… — P.D. James Copy Share Image
This new form of dialogue that is bringing us to the art to which I have dedicated my life, is rooted in… — Alicia Alonso Copy Share Image
Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. Its the only way that I can do anything, even if… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
If you examine any aspect of the human condition long enough, you really do have to start laughing at it. Because the… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Words are very powerful and can lead anyone reading them or hearing them, into contemplation and insight. How the mind follows suit… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge.… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my… — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
Those who have ever valued liberty for its own sake believed that to be free to choose, and not to be chosen… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
To shut your mind, heart, imagination to the sufferings of others is to begin slowly but inexorably to die. It is to… — John Austin Baker Copy Share Image
John Green has written a powerful novel—one that plunges headlong into the labyrinth of life, love, and the mysteries of being human.… — KL Going Copy Share Image
When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, as the Buddha says, that's the nature… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
If human rights are an attribute of being human, then we must consider the fact that tens of millions of displaced people… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I always think to myself, being human, having crushes now, what is it about that person that I really want? What do… — Darcey Steinke Copy Share Image
If attachment then carries forward in a way that's not healthy, we need to let it be there without making it wrong… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Chacun de nous a un jour, plus ou moins triste, plus ou moins lointain, o u' il doit enfin accepter d'e" tre… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
Emotions are the key to many aspects of life. They are precisely the elements that make human beings human. I think the… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
Maybe it’s animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes,… — Carol Emshwiller Copy Share Image
Maybe it is not just social history - the belt buckles and soup ladles - that connects us to the past, but… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I think I have quite traditional views on original sin, grace, and the real but difficult nature of we humans being able… — James Alison Copy Share Image
