“to sin means to miss the mark, as an archer who misses the target, so to sin means to miss the point… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The religion I know most about, which is the Christian one, would simply say that it's not really for one man or… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
Thus, human existence-at least as long as it has not been neurotically distorted-is always directed to something, or someone, other than itself,… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Diversity is an aspect of human existence that cannot be eradicated by terrorism or war or self-consuming hatred. It can only be… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
The intellect of most persons is harnessed by innumerable wants. Such a life is, from the spiritual point of view the lowest… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
“Technological advancement and wealth are conflated in capitalism with human progress. All aspects of human existence that cannot be measured or quantified—beauty,… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Human existence being an hallucination containing in itself the secondary hallucinations of day and night (the latter an insanitary condition of the… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
“There is only this one life going on, this one loving, all giving, perfect intelligence. This one perfect pattern of infinite potential,… — Derek Rydall Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Life without sex might be safer but it would be unbearably dull. It is the sex instinct which makes women seem beautiful,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Not so much because many occupations would not permit of a loving attitude, but because the spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Our present ecological crisis, the biggest single practical threat to our human existence in the middle to long term, has, religious people… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The advantage of pure, and the disadvantage of impure air are experienced each time we breathe, and all who understand the causes… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
In the end, people don't view their life as merely the average of all its moments-which, after all, is mostly nothing much… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
“Death appears as the harsh victory of the law of our ancestors of the dimension of our becoming. It is a fact… — Frere Dupont Copy Share Image
“I think of human existence as being like a two-story house. On the rst oor people gather together to take their meals,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day, from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“Modern industrial civilization has developed within a certain system of convenient myths. The driving force of modern industrial civilization has been individual… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“What was he doing during the trip? What was he thinking about? As he had during the morning, he watched the trees… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“With the term vita activa, I propose to designate three fundamental human activities: labor, work, and action. They are fundamental because each… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Tony Blair, who held the presidency of the G8 in 2005, spent the months leading up to that year’s summit trying to… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
“No revelation can be other than partial. If for true revelation a man must be told all the truth, then farewell to… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
When the universe is ephemeral, one can easily feel that human existence is meaningless. Why should I do anything at all? On… — Erlend Loe Copy Share Image
That's why history is not an answer to our problem, because history complicates, enlarges every problem of human existence. Now, the eighteenth… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
I was really struck by all these people who had committed suicide. There are videos of all of them talking about why… — Joshuah Bearman Copy Share Image
Anxiety is essential to the human condition. The confrontation with anxiety can relieve us from boredom, sharpen the sensitivity and assure the… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry grants to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I went to school for 12 years, and uni for four, but I learnt more about human existence in the 30 hours… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
It's the oldest story in human existence. We've colonized someone or been colonized throughout human history. It's amazing how fast we comply… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Grace is a much more accurate word to use when dealing with the state of human existence. God gives us unmerited favor… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
“The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“The whole law of human existence consists in nothing other than a man's always being able to bow before the immeasurably great.… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To recover frail embers from the flames of history, and to carry them, carefully, to the fires of our own age, so… — Matt Suddain Copy Share Image
We're constantly told that running will ruin our knees and outrage our hearts, but for nearly all of human existence, it was… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“I was not told to provide this document of human life. That was not in my brief. Yet I feel obliged to… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“Life is full of screwups," he said, chucking another paper at the split-level before taking the corner. "You're supposed to fail sometimes.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
