We have to make myths of our lives, the point being that if we do, then every grief or inexplicable seizure by… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
everyone who is human has something to express. Try not expressing yourself for twenty-four hours and see what happens. You will nearly… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Scientists are also unnerved by the summer's implications for the future...proof that human activities are propelling a slide toward climate calamity...humans may… — Andrew Revkin Copy Share Image
To proportion the eagerness of contest to its importance seems too hard a task for human wisdom. The pride of wit has… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Human life is something that comes to us from beyond this world, and the purpose of our society is to cherish it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
For the real difference between humans and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that the growth of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ressentiment is a self-poisoning of the mind which has quite definite causes and consequences. It is a lasting mental attitude, caused by… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
Terrorism drives out all normal human activity before it, defining life in its own sick terms, if it can. So, a baseball… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
Many people see themselves as a problem that needs to be solved. They also habitually see the present moment as an obstacle… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
There is a possibility in human minds of something mysterious as the night-wind, deep as the sea, calm as the stars, and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A romantic relationship might very well have been initiated by God, but the moment our focus moves from our Prince to a… — Leslie Ludy Copy Share Image
This gathered worship, as Quakers call it, is not only absence of noise. Gathered worship springs from the reverent, silent expectation that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Republicans don't have to accept evolution, economics, climatology, or human sexuality, but I just watched a week of their national convention, and… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home, and the immediate surroundings of his home, as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are spiritual patterns at work in the universe and these announce themselves with impressive regularity wherever human minds and hearts attempt… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems.… — James Lee Copy Share Image
Human beings are capable of virtually limitless degradation; they are also capable of virtually limitless improvement and achievement. Success depends on goals… — Mas Oyama Copy Share Image
Humans are built for endurance, not speed. We're awful sprinters compared to every other animal. We try to run our races as… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
Difference is always the biggest challenge for humans. That's why we do enjoy reading or watching movies or watching TV. It's a… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
I believe there's no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended. They're created and sustained by human beings. They can… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
When humans understand Tao, we understand the Tao within ourselves, not the true Tao. Tao doesn't belong to any one or any… — Henry Chang Copy Share Image
I don't have paparazzi following me. Because I'm a human character, it's different. The vampires get a lot of attention, and then… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When asked what attribute he most admired in human nature, Mahatma Gandhi replied, simply and immediately, 'Courage'. 'Nonviolence', he said, 'is not… — Richard Attenborough Copy Share Image
A true community maximizes the potential of whatever human resources exist within it (by allowing for all possible combinations), while networks minimize… — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
Human domination over nature is quite simply an illusion, a passing dream by a naive species. It is an illusion that has… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly… — M. H. Abrams Copy Share Image
Of all human activities, apart from the procreation of children, gardening is the most optimistic and hopeful. The gardener is by definition… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
A feminist is a person who answers 'yes' to the question 'Are women human?' Feminism is not about whether women are better… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
I think that we have basically nothing in the field of human behavior. Maybe that is just a condition of temporary ignorance.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We may therefore acquiesce in the pleasing conclusion, that every age of the world has increased, and still increases, the real wealth,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Short stories and some short novels are close to poetry--with the fewest words they capture the essence of a situation, of a… — Gina Berriault Copy Share Image
One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the… — Tom Skerritt Copy Share Image
When the human condition is finally demystified, human insecurity and nervousness will be at a maximum...for this ultimate enlightenment to be allowed,… — Jeremy Griffith Copy Share Image
The worth of a person’s thought is measured not by the quantity but by the quality of the support that it has… — Anuj Copy Share Image
Let's kneel down through all the worlds of the body like lovers. I know I am a tree and full of life… — Linda Hogan Copy Share Image
