“[T]here is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.” — Herman Melville 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
“In our angst and joy, we are ONE under the sky of humanity ~ Mala Naidoo, Author” — Mala Naidoo Copy Share Image
Many people wait throughout their whole lives for the chance to be good in their own fashion. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“To acknowledge God is to fully accept the sorrow of the human condition.” — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Experiencing differences is crucial to the human condition. Especially when that difference is over the head, blower powder. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Angst is not the human condition, it’s the purgatory between what we have and what we want but can’t get. — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“Why even try to understand the human condition if humanity revealed itself as grotesque, dark, not worth it.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“The law of centrifugal force seems to be as true for the human condition as it is for the Newtonian mechanics. The… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at… — Eileen Brennan Copy Share Image
It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say,… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
“literary fiction is fiction that examines the character of the people involved in the story, and that popular fiction is driven by… — Bret Lott Copy Share Image
If you think for one second no one knows what you've been going through; be accepting of the fact that you are… — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
“I’m interested in this humbler approach, one that is more accepting of human foibles, and indeed sees dignity and peace as emerging… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, we need to realize that segregation is not the human condition at its best. Which isn't… — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
“Theres a process of self doubt when things go wrong. Whether or not its personal or a friend in trouble, looking at… — Adam Mickley Wood Copy Share Image
I have the immense joy of being man, a member of a race in which God Himself became incarnate. As if the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I think about the possibilities for empathy, for mutual solidarity among gay men and lesbians, not simply as people who suffer under… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
We kid ourselves that we're trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don't think that is… — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
In many patriarchies, language, as well as cultural tradition, reserve the human condition for the male. With the Indo-European languages this is… — Kate Millett 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
“Now, it’s undeniably true that male writers (including yours truly) are generally and commercially allowed to write about “girl stuff” without being… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“To pose a question entails that you do not know something. To ask “Who is the abbot?” means that you do not… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“Living the good life as created beings depends on living within the limits and according to the truths of the human condition.… — George Cardinal Pell Copy Share Image
Anarchism is no patent solution for all human problems, no Utopia of a perfect social order, as it has often been called,… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
“I want to create beautiful things, beautiful stories,with my art and my words. It is about the story telling aspect, no matter… — Ciro Correia Copy Share Image
¨Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated. — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots. — Michael Ovitz Copy Share Image
The human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be. — Katherine Center Copy Share Image
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition. — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
“[...] if Jesus is not the answer to the human condition, there is no answer.” — Nik Ripken Copy Share Image