Being Human Quotes

235 quotes by 203 authors

People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox of being human… — Michael Pollan
Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities. — Sakyong Mipham
Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being. — Bjorn Ulvaeus
Over the years I have come to believe that life is full of unchosen circumstances, that being human has to do with the evolution of… — Jean Shinoda Bolen
Each day befriend a single fear, and the miscellaneous terrors of being human will never join together to form such a morass of vague anxiety… — Sam Keen
Is it easier for a man to live his life again as a fish, than to accept the wonder of being human? So alone, so… — Richard Flanagan
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Welcome and entertain them all! — Unknown Author
A culture that values production over life values the wrong things, because it will produce things at the expense of living beings, human or otherwise. — Derrick Jensen
Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good… — Melody Beattie
The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone — Nick Hornby
It is important to tell our secrets too because ... it makes it easier for other people to tell us a secret or two of… — Frederick Buechner
Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human. — Henri Nouwen
When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing. — Unknown Author
Her work, I really think her work is finding what her real work is and doing it, her work, her own work, her being human,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an… — Tony Robbins
They were upon their great theme: "When I get to be a man!" Being human, though boys, they considered their present estate too commonplace to… — Booth Tarkington
Being gay is a natural normal beautiful variation on being human. Period. End of subject. Therefore, any argument which says differently is an immoral supremacist… — Larry Kramer
God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection. — Francis of Assisi
Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature. — Mark Nepo
Of all the creatures on this planet none is more dangerous than a human being. — Robert A. Heinlein

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