“He had learned that, as there is no situation in the world in which a man can be happy and perfectly free,… — Leo Tolstoy 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
It's a joyful, humbling feeling to be in different places around the planet and people have seen shows that I'm proud of… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever… — Mordecai Richler Copy Share Image
The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“People who felt scared or desperate enough could do almost anything, even things that are extremely out of their character to do;… — J M Northup Copy Share Image
My stories often begin with a situation or character rather than an insight about the human condition. It's always been difficult for… — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
Good writing is good writing. In many ways, it’s the audience and their expectations that define a genre. A reader of literary… — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
Surely knowledge of the natural world, knowledge of the human condition, knowledge of the nature and dynamics of society, knowledge of the… — Jerome Bruner Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
“The cat-and-mouse scenery is not only about animals, but about our human condition. How do we live, how we are played, and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
If we can sympathise only with the utterly blameless, then we can sympathise with no one, for all of us have contributed… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
The view that we know less than we thought we knew about how to change the human condition came, in time, to… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
For Jesus, it is clear, poverty is not the problem; it is the solution. Until human beings learn to live in naked… — Andrew Harvey Copy Share Image
There are many hypotheses in physics of almost comparable brillance and elegance that have been rejected because they did not survive such… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“...a large segment of our population appears to have moved, in its cultural beliefs, to the use of an "ideal" measuring implement,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had never heard anyone doing what my show does, which is put the focus on the human condition - whatever you're… — Delilah Copy Share Image
“And she knew she was not sure, she would never be sure, because uncertainty is the essence of the human condition, and… — Jan Siegel Copy Share Image
Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each… — Linda Thompson Copy Share Image
“The promise of aspiration is that it is evolutionary. The human condition is such that we are always aspiring to be something… — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
“Deep in our hearts there is a call to live in communion with others, a call to love, to create, to risk.… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Harper: In your experience of the world. How do people change? Mormon Mother: Well it has something to do with God so… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
“But even if I know what governs their trajectory, if I know the rules of the movement of things and how things… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) was a profoundly important analysis of human states of mind - a kind of early… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to the human condition. It will never change… — Robert White Copy Share Image
“The truth is, the human condition does not become spiritual; when conditions are ideal, our spiritual nature awakens and blossoms, allowing us… — Roy Eugene Davis Copy Share Image
“He is a symbol. He is a legend. He is immortal. He is incorruptible. He is Batman. I am not him. When… — Richard John Grayson A.K.A. "Robin Red-X NightWing Red Robin Renegade Bat Breaker The Batman Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, loneliness is not the experience of lacking but the experience of living. It is part and parcel of the human condition,… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
“The human body resonates at the same frequency as Mother Earth. So instead of only focusing on trying to save the earth,… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Everyone feels awkward, everyone feels uncomfortable, everyone gets older, everyone gets lonely, everyone gets sick, everyone eventually dies. You’re at the Aspen… — Moby Copy Share Image
“Through creativity, we are seamlessly connected and sustained as we pull back the veil, revealing beneath our differences and distinctive characteristics, human… — Brian Bowers Copy Share Image
One cultivates spaciousness or awareness which allows you to acknowledge the emotions and see them as part of the human condition. Emotions… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
“Why do we experience such difficulty even imagining a different sort of society? Why is it beyond us to conceive of a… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
I think because of these big issues of life and death that maybe sex feels like a crass question. But for Christ… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
We should not value education as a means to prosperity, but prosperity as a means to education. Only then will our priorities… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“I stand in the sacred human presence. As I do now, so should you stand some day. I pray to your presence… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“For many people, life is full of pain, suffering. It doesn't consist of clear blue skies or fresh green grass that's always… — Tiana Dalichov Copy Share Image
“From the advertisement, his eyes moved up the skywalk, the zigzagging metal bridge that connected various locations in the neighborhood to the… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
They (the novelists) became the voice of the citizen against the ubiquitous raison d'état, which reappeared endlessly to justify everything from unjust… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Human life is an extension of the principles of nature, and human civilization is a venture extrapolated out of human natures: man… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
