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title: "Famous Being human Sayings"
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> [As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyong-mipham/as-the-conceptual-material-world-increases-its-hold-on-us-and/)

[Sakyong Mipham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyong-mipham/)

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> [Harold could no longer pass a stranger without acknowledging the truth that everyone was the same, and also unique; and that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-joyce/harold-could-no-longer-pass-a-stranger-without-acknowledging-the/)

[Rachel Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-joyce/)

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> [How will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/how-will-you-know-the-difficulties-of-being-human-if-you-are-always/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [I have never, in all my life, been so odious as to regard myself as 'superior' to any living being, human or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-sitwell/i-have-never-in-all-my-life-been-so-odious-as-to-regard-myself-as/)

[Edith Sitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-sitwell/)

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> [“These are immigrant times And the lines are long, The signs for jobs few, The songs sadder, the air meaner. Everyone is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-r-os/these-are-immigrant-times-and-the-lines-are-long-the-signs-for-jobs/)

Alberto Ríos

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> [There's a lot of kids who look up to me, and that's humbling. Because being human, I don't want to fail them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/si-robertson/there-s-a-lot-of-kids-who-look-up-to-me-and-that-s-humbling-because/)

[Si Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/si-robertson/)

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> [Consequently, Christian meditation is entirely trinitarian and at the same time entirely human. In order to find God, no one need reject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-urs-von-balthasar/consequently-christian-meditation-is-entirely-trinitarian-and-at-the/)

[Hans Urs von Balthasar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-urs-von-balthasar/)

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> [Acknowledge to yourself that the factory job is dead. Having a factory job is not a natural state. It wasn't at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/acknowledge-to-yourself-that-the-factory-job-is-dead-having-a-factory/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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> [The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schmitt/the-concept-of-humanity-is-an-especially-useful-ideological/)

[Carl Schmitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schmitt/)

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> [I think it's incumbent upon me to try to be smart and make good choices and work with good people and work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-jessica-parker/i-think-it-s-incumbent-upon-me-to-try-to-be-smart-and-make-good/)

[Sarah Jessica Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-jessica-parker/)

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> [If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sobel/if-we-want-children-to-flourish-to-become-truly-empowered-then-let-us/)

[David Sobel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sobel/)

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> [More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/more-fundamental-than-religion-is-our-basic-human-spirituality-we/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/compassion-asks-us-to-go-where-it-hurts-to-enter-into-the-places-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Being human signifies, for each one of us, belonging to a class, a society, a country, a continent and a civilization; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-levi-strauss/being-human-signifies-for-each-one-of-us-belonging-to-a-class-a/)

[Claude Levi-Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-levi-strauss/)

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> [If we human beings rely only on material development, we can’t be sure of a positive outcome. Employing technology motivated by anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/if-we-human-beings-rely-only-on-material-development-we-can-t-be-sure/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [Positivity psychology is part and parcel of psychology. Being human includes both ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. Positive psychology devotes somewhat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-fredrickson/positivity-psychology-is-part-and-parcel-of-psychology-being-human/)

[Barbara Fredrickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-fredrickson/)

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> [With sadness specifically, in America you read about people medicating to avoid sadness. They don't want to experience sadness, and yet it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/with-sadness-specifically-in-america-you-read-about-people-medicating/)

[Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/)

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> [How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be American before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-wharton/how-much-longer-are-we-going-to-think-it-necessary-to-be-american/)

[Edith Wharton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-wharton/)

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> [They were upon their great theme: "When I get to be a man!" Being human, though boys, they considered their present estate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booth-tarkington/they-were-upon-their-great-theme-when-i-get-to-be-a-man-being-human/)

[Booth Tarkington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booth-tarkington/)

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> [Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/take-the-opportunity-to-learn-from-your-mistakes-find-the-cause-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [For being human, we remember and forget. We stray and return, fall down and get up, and cling and let go, again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-nepo/for-being-human-we-remember-and-forget-we-stray-and-return-fall-down/)

[Mark Nepo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-nepo/)

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> [Being human means asking the questions of one's own being and living under the impact of the answers given to this question.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/being-human-means-asking-the-questions-of-one-s-own-being-and-living/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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> [All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-manson/all-the-seven-deadly-sins-are-man-s-true-nature-to-be-greedy-to-be/)

[Marilyn Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-manson/)

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> [Animism is far from primitive, nor is it about pre-modernity because animism does not serve as a precursor to modernity. Rather animism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-harvey/animism-is-far-from-primitive-nor-is-it-about-pre-modernity-because/)

[Graham Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-harvey/)

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> [Un homme qui lit, ou qui pense, ou qui calcule, appartient a' l'espe' ce et non au sexe; dans ses meilleurs moments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-crayencour/un-homme-qui-lit-ou-qui-pense-ou-qui-calcule-appartient-a-l-espe-ce/)

[Stephanie Crayencour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-crayencour/)

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> [Religion is the human attitude towards a sacred order that includes within it all being-human or otherwise-i.e., belief in a cosmos, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-l-berger/religion-is-the-human-attitude-towards-a-sacred-order-that-includes/)

[Peter L. Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-l-berger/)

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> [All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-khan/all-fashion-brands-are-about-looking-good-being-human-is-also-about/)

[Salman Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-khan/)

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> [Peace is something that we can bring about if we can actually learn to wake up a bit more as individuals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/peace-is-something-that-we-can-bring-about-if-we-can-actually-learn/)

[Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/)

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> [Man is a multi-sensorial being. Occasionally he verbalizes … and we must seriously examine the implications of the fact that man does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-birdwhistell/man-is-a-multi-sensorial-being-occasionally-he-verbalizes-and-we-must/)

Ray Birdwhistell

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> [It was fantastic returning to 'Being Human'. When I got cast in the role, at first I just thought it was for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellie-kendrick/it-was-fantastic-returning-to-being-human-when-i-got-cast-in-the-role/)

[Ellie Kendrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellie-kendrick/)

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> [Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. Big cities have difficulties in abundance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-jacobs/being-human-is-itself-difficult-and-therefore-all-kinds-of/)

[Jane Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-jacobs/)

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> [Interpretation is a task that we repeatedly have to take up and start again from the beginning, Sisyphus-like. But, as Camus said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/interpretation-is-a-task-that-we-repeatedly-have-to-take-up-and-start/)

[George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/)

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> [Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/under-the-bright-sun-many-of-us-are-gathered-together-with-different/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [Literature often gets taught nowadays as a record of the sins and shortcomings of the past. I see literature and the arts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-boyd/literature-often-gets-taught-nowadays-as-a-record-of-the-sins-and/)

[Brian Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-boyd/)

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> [God never stated that a creature with two legs and two hands will be a human,but by human he meant humanly feelings,we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/god-never-stated-that-a-creature-with-two-legs-and-two-hands-will-be/)

Senoraroy

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> [Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deontay-wilder/having-patience-is-one-of-the-hardest-things-about-being-human-we/)

[Deontay Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deontay-wilder/)

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> [Being human means there's a wall-builder in each of us. Our minds naturally divide the world into me and not-me, us and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-waldinger/being-human-means-there-s-a-wall-builder-in-each-of-us-our-minds/)

[Robert J. Waldinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-waldinger/)

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> [Art schools are partly the villain here. (Never mind that I teach in them.) This generation of artists is the first to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/art-schools-are-partly-the-villain-here-never-mind-that-i-teach-in/)

[Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/)

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> [You know that your toddler needed love and approval but he often seemed not to care whether he got it or not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-leach/you-know-that-your-toddler-needed-love-and-approval-but-he-often/)

[Penelope Leach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-leach/)

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> [In a revolutionary age talk of equality may well have represented a passion to provide full human dignity to those who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merold-westphal/in-a-revolutionary-age-talk-of-equality-may-well-have-represented-a/)

[Merold Westphal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merold-westphal/)

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## Top authors on Being human

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-human/rumi/)
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                        "text": "The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of economic imperialism. Here one is reminded of a somewhat modified expression of Proudhon’s: whoever invokes humanity wants to cheat. To confiscate the word humanity, to invoke and monopolize such a term probably has certain incalculable effects, such as denying the enemy the quality of being human and declaring him to be an outlaw of humanity; and a war can thereby be driven to the most extreme inhumanity.",
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                        "text": "I think it's incumbent upon me to try to be smart and make good choices and work with good people and work my ass off when I'm working with good people and I have to let everyone have their opinion afterwards. But this is what happens. You make a movie or you're on a show and then you have this experience and everyone tells you what you did. They tell you what you did. That's allowed. That's the experience of being human and subjectivity. That's it. We can only do what we'll do, and I can only do the best I can do.",
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                        "text": "If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, “the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I think the same is true of human beings.",
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                        "text": "More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource - when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, then we start to live spiritually.",
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                        "text": "With sadness specifically, in America you read about people medicating to avoid sadness. They don't want to experience sadness, and yet it's such a vital part of being human.",
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                        "text": "How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be American before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries?",
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