“Maybe man is nothing in particular,' Cross said gropingly. 'Maybe that's the terror of it. Man may be just anything at all.… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the truth I may perhaps have attained to; happiness certainly not. What shall I do? Accomplish something in the world,… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“When, on a sea voyage, the ship is brought to anchor, you go out to fetch water and gather a few roots… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“I've come to read and hear many unlikely things about the times when people lived in freedom, i.e., the unorganized savage state.… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to see how good work might be accomplished by people who think that our life in this world either… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
My view is that friendship permeates human life and is involved in almost everything we think, feel, and do. For that very… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
“The rich and powerful are going to survive longer, but the effects are very real―and they're getting worse very quickly as more… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“so much carbon has been allowed to accumulate in the atmosphere over the past two decades that now our only hope of… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Rigorously investigated and fearlessly reported, A Crime So Monstrous is a passionate and thorough examination of the appalling reality of human bondage… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience,… — Alija Izetbegović Copy Share Image
“It isn't just the past we remember, it's the future too. Fifty per cent of memory is devoted not to what has… — ZEN Copy Share Image
“Greek philosophers looked upon the past and the future as the primary evils weighing upon human life, and as the source of… — Luc Ferry Copy Share Image
“all human life is sacred, I wonder why the mass killings of Africans is not publicized and taught in schools like the… — Alemayehu Mekonnen Copy Share Image
“Look around. The hantavirus is waiting for you. Ebola and the tropical rainforest is cooking up all kinds of brews to make… — Joe Coleman Copy Share Image
More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Humboldt did not foresee the consequences of the commodity character of labor, the doctrine (in Polanyi’s words) that “it is not for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Nor do we need such a great deal of ingenuity to see that all, or nearly all, the great issues in human… — Susannah Carson Copy Share Image
“The cultural Left has contributed to the formation of this politically useless unconscious not only by adopting “power” as the name of… — Richard M. Rorty Copy Share Image
“Andy Scamp's simple list of the ways people feel valuable. 1. Just believing it. Sometimes this is religious, sometimes it is not.… — Hank Green Copy Share Image
See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
“Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in the first chapter of his wonderful book Life Together, has a discussion of how Christians never meet one-on-one; they… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home. Make memories with your kid or kids so that someday he… — John Green Copy Share Image
“You seem disappointed that I am not more responsive to your interest in "spiritual direction". Actually, I am more than a little… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
If someone comes in without having been on a spiritual path for long, he or she still will understand what is happening… — Christine McCormick Day Copy Share Image
The Buggers have finally, finally learned that we humans value each and every individual human life... But they've learned this lesson just… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The day has been so full of fret and care, and our hearts have been so full of evil and of bitter… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“If you can live with the sadness of human life (what Rinpoche often called the tender heart or the genuine heart of… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
