All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“I think of human existence as being like a two-story house. On the first floor people gather together to take their meals,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Prayer does not blind us to the world, but it transforms our vision of the world, and makes us see it, all… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Justice begins with the recognition of the necessity of sharing. The oldest law is that which regulates it, and this is still… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
“When Jesus put on flesh, He made human existence “sacred.” Thus, when you are inhabited by Jesus through His Holy Spirit, your… — Adam L. Feldman Copy Share Image
I think poetry can be a kind of secular way in which people can be led to approach the difficult parts of… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
“For others, however, the significance of anxiety in disclosing a fundamental insight into human existence is grasped. At this point their consciences… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“If I learned anything about her it was that she lived with a vehemence most of us never have the courage for."… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“Human existence is girt round with mystery: the narrow region of our experience is a small island in the midst of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“One must go to Dostoievsky who experienced on occasion ecstatic epileptic auras to which he attached momentous significance, to find an adequate… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Our lives are unique stones in the mosaic of human existence -- priceless and irreplaceable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Genetic evolutionists warn that if we fail to apply the lessons of our shared genetic destiny, which should be teaching us the… — Bruce H. Lipton Copy Share Image
Trust is one of the fundamentals of human existence. We need to be able to trust one another. A man who can… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“And now, all these years later, it seemed to him that the most horrible fact of human existence was that broken hearts… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Moreover, we look in vain to philosophy for the answer to the great riddle. Despite its noble purpose and history, pure philosophy… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Logotherapy, keeping in mind the essential transitoriness of human existence, is not pessimistic but rather activistic. To express this point figuratively we… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
We are so lonely in life that we must ask ourselves if the loneliness of dying is not a symbol of our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Conservative Mind describes a cast of intellect or a type of character, an inclination to cherish the permanent things in human… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“There are six canons of conservative thought: 1) Belief in a transcendent order, or body of natural law, which rules society as… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for… — Douglas Kennedy Copy Share Image
Learning, like love, death and eating, are fundamental human activities. It's at the core of human existence and its character has a… — Leon Botstein Copy Share Image
