After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one's family traits become. — Marcel Proust 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
We are in need of a way out of our poverty of soul and the desperate state of our human condition. We… — Stephen Nichols Copy Share Image
Of course, if one's reading Kierkegaard for personal interest that's fine - but it's sloppy scholarship just to cherry pick what suits… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
“The crucial issue of the times, he suggested, was the human person: a unique being, who lived in a material world but… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations.… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
“A scientific fact has no value to me unless it can be implemented to improve human condition.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
Art is many things but, directly or indirectly, it always describes the human condition. — Millard Sheets Copy Share Image
“I have a real issue with anyone trying to protect children from their own imaginations. If we cannot acknowledge that a lot… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Why would you design something if it didn't improve the human condition? — Niels Diffrient Copy Share Image
“[At the scene of a murder] The cats' bloodthirst was normal; it was the way God had made them. They were hunters,… — Shirley Rousseau Murphy Copy Share Image
Redemption in Christ should give the artistically gifted not only a new orientation and a new sense of purpose, but also a… — John Walford Copy Share Image
“Seriousness is too boring to the playful human condition. A heart of stone that has a long face can never express love.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Then the writing became so fluid that I sometimes felt as if I were writing for the sheer pleasure of telling a… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I feel like I’m losing my mind,” she said with a hint of sadness. “You lost your mind a long time… — Daniel J. Rice Copy Share Image
the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
The possible signs of a coming collapse are the same as the greatest strengths of Western civilization: democracy, capitalism, the generally peaceful… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
There is a reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
Dachau has been my own lifelong point of no return. Between the moment when I walked through the gate of that prison,… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
