Being Human Quotes

235 Being Human quotes by 203 unique authors

Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Four years ago, I was thinking… no Olympics, who am I? Probably in ’04, I was identified with gymnastics. I thought gymnastics was who I… — Raj Bhavsar
I believe anybody who tells you he is unbiased is a liar. Being human gives you bias, and you can't avoid that. The best you… — David Poole
The imagination made us human, but being human, becoming more human, is a greater burden than we imagined. We have no choice but to imagine… — Wright Morris
The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a… — Anatole Broyard
If yoga is about life, this means ALL life, not just part of it. Together, the spiritual and the material constitute the whole you, the… — Rod Stryker
Art schools are partly the villain here. (Never mind that I teach in them.) This generation of artists is the first to have been so… — Jerry Saltz
To shut your mind, heart, imagination to the sufferings of others is to begin slowly but inexorably to die. It is to cease by inches… — John Austin Baker
Though we may be genetically wired for temporary happiness, we've also been gifted with the ability to recognize within ourselves a more profound and lasting… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life so interesting. The… — Daisaku Ikeda
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

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