Abstraction Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

As human beings we are made to surpass ourselves and are truly ourselves only when transcending ourselves.

— Huston Smith

The merit and essence of the human being does not lie in living, but in searching where it is coming from, what it is,…

— Mariana Fulger

Being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost invisible and indestructible essence. This means that it is accessible…

— Eckhart Tolle

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection � that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and…

— George Orwell

Transcending gives a human being a chance to think before acting. And experiencing this beautiful treasury within gets rid of torment and replaces it…

— David Lynch

There is a human striving for self-transcendence. It's part of what makes us human. With all of our flaws we want to go a…

— George Leonard

It seems to me that one of the most basic human experiences, one that is genuinely universal and unites-or, more precisely, could unite-all of…

— Vaclav Havel

“Being human means nothing if we cannot be humane. This cannot happen until we learn through science or spirituality that fundamentally, in life substratum…

— Fakeer Ishavardas

It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“We transcend meaninglessness only when we think and act beyond merely trying to satisfy our needs. We become authentic, in part, by extracting ourselves…

— Josh Korda

I think in a way, what it is to be human is to transcend our boundaries. That is the human story.

— Jason Silva

Being is the soul of every concept, of every judgment and of every reasoning.

— Fulton J. Sheen