May the humanity that is within every human being be held precious. The vice that underlies all vices is that we are… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of… — Cordell Hull Copy Share Image
The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness into light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss… — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
After having read a lot of fiction, literature, whatever you want to call it, from Wolfe to Houellebecq, I think you have… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you… — Penelope Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Scientifically, there's no debate over whether the fetus is alive and human. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Anarchists are opposed to violence; everyone knows that. The main plank of anarchism is the removal of violence from human relations. It… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically… — Eugen Herrigel Copy Share Image
There is no word in the English language for the feeling someone gets when they suddenly realize they're standing next to an… — David Wong Copy Share Image
I noted about Cate Blanchett was her very positive lack of concern for how she turns out in Cinderella. She is happy… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
As evangelical Christians, we have tended to relegate art to the very fringe of life. The rest of human life we feel… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments.... It is always only danger… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I think most human beings, even if you're in a situation that's constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive. — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
As I worked on projects which fulfilled a real human need forces were working through me which amazed me. I would often… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
Power is just so much part of the human being because power is survival. But I wonder if that is the best… — Laura Huxley Copy Share Image
We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
[Books] will visit you at your convenience, whether you are lonesome or not, on rainy days or fair. They propose themselves as… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
Humans are a great survivor species but our survival will be pretty grim if all of the plants and animals we depend… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
My city and state are Rome. But as a human being? The world. So for me, "good" can only mean what's good… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It is always the minorities that hold the key of progess; it is always through those who are unafraid to be different… — Raymond B. Fosdick Copy Share Image
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