Most world religions denounced war as a barbaric waste of human life. We treasured the teachings of these religions so dearly that… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On the Bigotry of Culture: : it presented us with culture, with thought as something justified in itself, that is, which requires… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Yet rather than calling the earliest religions, which embraced such an open acceptance of all human sexuality, 'fertility cults,' we might consider… — Merlin Stone Copy Share Image
As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Usually people are ashamed when they do something wrong. People love to live in the darkness... I live in the light. I… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
“When my grandfather went to war against Saddam Hussein after the invasion of Kuwait, he wrote a heartfelt letter to my dad… — Jenna Bush Hager Copy Share Image
“What if we could somehow package the human genome in tiny capsules and send millions of them into space in hopes one… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The symbol of Goddess gives us permission. She teaches us to embrace the holiness of every natural, ordinary, sensual dying moment. Patriarchy… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
You must realise now, more clearly than ever, that God is calling you to serve Him in and from the ordinary, secular… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Like art, religion is an imaginative and creative effort to find a meaning and value in human life. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“This catastrophe brings to mind the Korean Air Lines plane shot down in 1983 by a Soviet military fighter, killing 269. President… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It would be frightening to think that in all the Cosmos, which is so harmonious, so complete and equal to itself, that… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
Of course, it's always difficult to disentangle fact from fiction in relation to, e.g., the singularity project. Many scientists I know are… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
The Church is God's Bride. All the saints and mystics say the ultimate purpose of human life, the highest end for which… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“[Y]ou are ... entrusted with the pursuit of that most extraordinary of crimes: the theft of a human life. You speak for… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, when it is your lot to have to endure something that is (or seems to you) worse than the ordinary lot… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Has Google appropriated the word 'search?' If so, I find it sad. Search is a deep human yearning, an ancient trope in… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
“There are no absolutes for something so relative as a human life. There are no rules for something so gentle as a… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
I worked very hard to try and figure out what I thought and I believed that we were going to succeed and… — Amber Hollibaugh Copy Share Image
“And my own feelings? Shame. For I had lied. Of course I loved books more than people. Of course I valued Jane… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
