Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began.… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
As Gove knows… 'Scientific education for the masses will do little good, and probably a lot of harm, if it simply boils… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a "disposable" culture which is now… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If you consider that the gender roles are just political, then what you come to see is that the full circle of… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We usually forget that apart from making a living on this earth, human beings live in societies and these societies have cultures.… — Tunku Abdul Rahman Copy Share Image
We have to reformulate moral standards. Human beings have to impose limits on themselves when it comes to their actions and desires.… — Gotz Aly Copy Share Image
When I ask, “How are you?” that is really what I want to know. I am not asking how many items are… — Omid Safi Copy Share Image
you must not, under any circumstances, allow yourself to hate. Not because your tormentors have not earned it. But if you allow… — Irina Ratushinskaya Copy Share Image
Certainly it is true that the constant striving for something better-the price of progress-adds to the total of human happiness. It stimulates… — John Willys Copy Share Image
Paneloux is a man of learning, a scholar. He hasn't come in contact with death; that's why he can speak with such… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The invention of the concept of sustainable human development and that of so-called human security, as opposed to territorial security of nation-… — Pranab Mukherjee Copy Share Image
I’ve got to push everything out of mind save the name of Jesus. I say His name over and over again, for… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
The human brain finds it extremely hard to cope with a new level of abstraction. This is why it was well into… — Keith Devlin Copy Share Image
Billy Pilgrim says that the Universe does not look like a lot of bright little dots to the creatures from Tralfamadore. The… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
A lot of the things that involve power on the highest levels sometimes involve the darker side of human psychology. People can… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate the nearer we arrive unto it. For what… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
Just as the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A human life has seasons much as the earth has seasons, each time with its own particular beauty and power. And gift.… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
In a mad moment, my family and I purchased a home in Maine because it's the place in the world that my… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story,… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
For the record, my own loyalties are uncomplicated. I adore few humans more than I love books. I make no promises, but… — Ben Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Sacredness of human life! The world has never believed it! It has been with life that we settled our quarrels, won wives,… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
“For me, the most ironic token of [the first human moon landing] is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Objectivity is impossible and it is also undesirable. That is, if it were possible it would be undesirable, because if you have… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I cannot understand antiabortion arguments that center on the sanctity of life. As a species, we’ve fairly comprehensively demonstrated that we don’t… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed… — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
Nature admits of no permanence in the relation between man and woman. It is only man's egoism that wants to keep woman… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers, stately and graceful, performing a dance… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The history of humanity is the history of human freedom...Freedom is not, as Engels thought, "the recognition of necessity." Freedom is the… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
If any human being earnestly desire to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old; to win… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There is a tendency for humans to consciously see what they wish to see. They literally have difficulty seeing things with negative… — Lionel Tiger Copy Share Image
In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of… — David Levering Lewis Copy Share Image
We have progressed in a technological sense, but I'm not so sure whether we have progressed in a civilizational matter - the… — Laszlo Nemes Copy Share Image
We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If Earth is considered a closed system, there will be less for all forever. The frontier is closed, the wilderness is gone,… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
The sphere ... which is located beyond our physical world is called the earth zone. It is also known as the zone… — Franz Bardon Copy Share Image
For the young, the practice of equitation is a valuable lesson, as it requires the exercise of all human virtue. If they… — Nuno Oliveira Copy Share Image